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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
full · 99%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 102° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.5 °C Pressure: 1016.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 47 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 73 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 9 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 95 out of 100 22.5 °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 4:34 am Last light 6:26 pm
Low 1:42 am High 8:18 am Low 2:41 pm High 8:26 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 → 6:00 am
65
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
63
3h
Good
12:30 pm → 3:30 pm
59
3h
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
53
1h
First light
4:34 am
Last light
6:26 pm
Sunrise
4:58 am
Sunset
6:01 pm
Moonrise
7:22 pm
Moonset
5:10 am
Low tide
1:42 am
High tide
8:18 am
Low tide
2:41 pm
High tide
8:26 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
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
195°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
188°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
190°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
194°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
198°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
211°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
209°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
198°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
167°
6 km/h
9am
☁️
25°
↘︎
SE
116°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
→︎
E
78°
13 km/h
11am
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
95°
12 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
102°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
99°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
98°
11 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
85°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
92°
9 km/h
6pm
🌧️
22°
→︎
E
102°
8 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
101°
3 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
114°
2 km/h
9pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
2 km/h
10pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
299°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
249°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m NE
12am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Sat
24 Oct
21.7°
Sun
25 Oct
21.9°
Mon
26 Oct
22.2°
Tue
27 Oct
22.5°
Wed
28 Oct
22.8°
Thu
29 Oct
22.7°
Fri
30 Oct
22.7°
Sat
31 Oct
22.9°
Sun
1 Nov
22.9°
Mon
2 Nov
22.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h E (102°).

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