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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Sun 01 Nov 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 38° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s E Water: 22.9 °C Pressure: 1017.2 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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At the day's peak · 4:30 am
Solunar 69 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 6 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 4:30 am Last light 6:29 pm
High 12:27 am Low 6:00 am High 1:05 pm Low 8:16 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 6:30 am
80
3h
Good
4:30 pm → 9:30 pm
66
5h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
47
1h
Good
12:00 am → 12:30 am
46
30m
First light
4:30 am
Last light
6:29 pm
Sunrise
4:54 am
Sunset
6:05 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
10:11 am
High tide
12:27 am
Low tide
6:00 am
High tide
1:05 pm
Low tide
8:16 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
☀️
18°
←︎
W
292°
5 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
277°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
268°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
263°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
263°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
270°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
343°
3 km/h
8am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
15°
5 km/h
9am
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
27°
7 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
38°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
39°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
40°
19 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
41°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
40°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
37°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
32°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
23°
13 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
10 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
9 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
327°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
314°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 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
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 5 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°
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°
Tue
3 Nov
23.0°
Wed
4 Nov
23.0°
Thu
5 Nov
—
Fri
6 Nov
—
Sat
7 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (38°).

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