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Rainbow Beach

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Rainbow Beach
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 96° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.8 °C Pressure: 1023.0 hPa → steady Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 72 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.8 °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 4:46 am Last light 6:19 pm
High 2:12 am Low 7:43 am High 2:53 pm Low 9:53 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:00 pm
75
2h 30m
Good
4:00 am → 8:30 am
69
4h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 3:30 pm
45
30m
Good
10:00 pm → 10:30 pm
45
30m
First light
4:46 am
Last light
6:19 pm
Sunrise
5:09 am
Sunset
5:56 pm
Moonrise
11:22 am
Moonset
12:35 am
High tide
2:12 am
Low tide
7:43 am
High tide
2:53 pm
Low tide
9:53 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
111°
13 km/h
1am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
110°
11 km/h
2am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
112°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
→︎
E
108°
11 km/h
4am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
98°
12 km/h
5am
🌧️
17°
→︎
E
103°
12 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
84°
13 km/h
7am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
80°
7 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
99°
6 km/h
9am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
90°
11 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
80°
10 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
81°
10 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
96°
12 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
121°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
81°
13 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
111°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
102°
13 km/h
5pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
101°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
102°
15 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
104°
13 km/h
8pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
113°
9 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
99°
6 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
110°
13 km/h
11pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
94°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 1.7 m E
12am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.3 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
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.7 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.7 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h E (96°).

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