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Altona Pier

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Altona Pier
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 210° · 19 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1023.6 hPa → steady 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 14 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 4:00 am Low 6:30 am Low 9:34 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 → 8:00 am
63
2h
Good
2:00 am → 4:30 am
57
2h 30m
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
7:32 am
Moonset
10:26 pm
High tide
4:00 am
Low tide
6:30 am
Low tide
9:34 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
☁️
11°
←︎
W
272°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
284°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
303°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
308°
12 km/h
4am
☁️
9°
↖︎
NW
313°
13 km/h
5am
☁️
9°
↖︎
NW
315°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
↖︎
NW
308°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
294°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
268°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
266°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
242°
20 km/h
11am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
222°
18 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
210°
19 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
208°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
204°
19 km/h
3pm
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
195°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
196°
21 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
197°
23 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
194°
23 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
197°
23 km/h
8pm
☀️
11°
↓︎
S
198°
22 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↓︎
S
201°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
204°
18 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
202°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.3 → 0.6 m S
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h SW (210°).

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