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Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 60° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.2 °C Pressure: 1023.8 hPa → steady Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
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At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.2 °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 4:45 am Last light 6:20 pm
High 2:08 am Low 7:38 am High 3:05 pm Low 10:03 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 8:00 pm
76
3h
Good
4:00 am → 8:30 am
62
4h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
49
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
47
1h
First light
4:45 am
Last light
6:20 pm
Sunrise
5:08 am
Sunset
5:56 pm
Moonrise
11:21 am
Moonset
12:37 am
High tide
2:08 am
Low tide
7:38 am
High tide
3:05 pm
Low tide
10:03 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
114°
11 km/h
1am
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
10 km/h
2am
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
144°
5 km/h
3am
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
131°
2 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
113°
12 km/h
5am
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
4 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
66°
4 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
7 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
55°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
59°
12 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
12 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
86°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
77°
14 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
93°
13 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
108°
15 km/h
5pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
114°
13 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
107°
14 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
107°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
112°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
105°
15 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
10 km/h
11pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
97°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.5 m E
12am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (60°).

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