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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Mon 02 Nov 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
last quarter · 55%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 7° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.9 °C Pressure: 1013.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 65 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 16 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 4:29 am Last light 6:30 pm
High 1:53 am Low 7:24 am High 2:15 pm Low 9:20 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 7:30 pm
75
2h
Good
4:00 am → 8:30 am
74
4h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 2:30 am
53
2h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 10:30 pm
49
1h
First light
4:29 am
Last light
6:30 pm
Sunrise
4:53 am
Sunset
6:06 pm
Moonrise
12:25 am
Moonset
11:18 am
High tide
1:53 am
Low tide
7:24 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
9:20 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
305°
9 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
297°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
292°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
290°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
291°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
297°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
305°
10 km/h
7am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
316°
10 km/h
8am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
326°
11 km/h
9am
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
336°
12 km/h
10am
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
345°
13 km/h
11am
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
355°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
7°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
17°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
25°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
29°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
30°
20 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
26°
19 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
7pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
359°
14 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
337°
14 km/h
9pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
320°
15 km/h
10pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
311°
16 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
307°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.9°
Fri
30 Oct
22.7°
Sat
31 Oct
22.9°
Sun
1 Nov
22.9°
Mon
2 Nov
22.9°
Tue
3 Nov
23.0°
Wed
4 Nov
23.0°
Thu
5 Nov
—
Fri
6 Nov
—
Sat
7 Nov
—
Sun
8 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (7°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.