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Rainbow Beach

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Rainbow Beach
first quarter · 64%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 79° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.9 °C Pressure: 1022.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first 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 4:45 am Last light 6:20 pm
High 3:34 am Low 8:53 am High 3:44 pm Low 10:33 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
71
3h
Good
4:00 am → 9:30 am
66
5h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:00 am
48
1h
Good
10:00 pm → 11:00 pm
46
1h
First light
4:45 am
Last light
6:20 pm
Sunrise
5:08 am
Sunset
5:56 pm
Moonrise
12:18 pm
Moonset
1:13 am
High tide
3:34 am
Low tide
8:53 am
High tide
3:44 pm
Low tide
10:33 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
95°
14 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
→︎
E
101°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
→︎
E
101°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
106°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
101°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
98°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
→︎
E
93°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
→︎
E
89°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
79°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
24°
→︎
E
79°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
77°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
76°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
76°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
68°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
68°
13 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
63°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
74°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
75°
10 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
76°
8 km/h
11pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
83°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.7 → 1.4 m E
12am
1.7 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.6 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
1.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.4 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
1.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h E (79°).

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