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Altona Pier

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 239° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 18 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 70 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 N 8 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 70 out of 100 16.3 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 3:45 am High 6:48 am High 11:00 am Low 1:40 pm Low 8:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
64
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 10:00 pm
55
2h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 3:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
49
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
7:01 am
Moonset
9:22 pm
High tide
3:45 am
High tide
6:48 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
1:40 pm
Low tide
8:40 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
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
355°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
26 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
17 km/h
3am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
326°
14 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
332°
9 km/h
5am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
314°
12 km/h
6am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
352°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
335°
4 km/h
8am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
229°
4 km/h
9am
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
228°
11 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
230°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
233°
18 km/h
12pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
239°
19 km/h
1pm
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
246°
20 km/h
2pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
233°
19 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
228°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
227°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
222°
22 km/h
6pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
229°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
227°
13 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
222°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
226°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
231°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
←︎
W
251°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
2am
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
4am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h SW (239°).

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