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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 40° · 21 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 7 s E Water: 21.3 °C Pressure: 1020.7 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 99 out of 100 21.3 °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 4:39 am Last light 6:22 pm
High 5:10 am Low 10:47 am High 5:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 6:30 am
70
2h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 9:30 pm
70
4h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
54
1h
Good
8:00 am → 10:00 am
54
2h
First light
4:39 am
Last light
6:22 pm
Sunrise
5:03 am
Sunset
5:58 pm
Moonrise
2:07 pm
Moonset
2:22 am
High tide
5:10 am
Low tide
10:47 am
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:34 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°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
1am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
11 km/h
2am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
360°
5 km/h
3am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
344°
3 km/h
4am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
9 km/h
5am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
50°
11 km/h
6am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
42°
15 km/h
7am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
53°
16 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
48°
19 km/h
9am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
54°
20 km/h
10am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
60°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
49°
21 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
40°
21 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
45°
19 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
48°
17 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
52°
14 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
62°
15 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
73°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
76°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
68°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
64°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
65°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
70°
14 km/h
11pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
59°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.4 m E
12am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NE (40°).

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