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Altona Pier

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Altona Pier
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 6° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s S Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1020.3 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 46 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 12:23 am High 6:48 am Low 12:53 pm High 6:18 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
68
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:30 am
58
4h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
47
1h
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
46
1h 30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
1:29 pm
Moonset
3:13 am
Low tide
12:23 am
High tide
6:48 am
Low tide
12:53 pm
High tide
6:18 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
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
14°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
11°
19 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
21 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
21 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
9°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
21 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
9°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
10°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
8°
23 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
6°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
1°
21 km/h
2pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
349°
20 km/h
3pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
295°
9 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
85°
5 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
93°
6 km/h
7pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
79°
7 km/h
8pm
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
67°
7 km/h
9pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
62°
8 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
55°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m N
12am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
8pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.5°
Sun
18 Oct
16.8°
Mon
19 Oct
17.0°
Tue
20 Oct
17.3°
Wed
21 Oct
17.7°
Thu
22 Oct
18.1°
Fri
23 Oct
18.1°
Sat
24 Oct
17.7°
Sun
25 Oct
17.8°
Mon
26 Oct
17.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (6°).

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