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Altona Pier

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Altona Pier
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 3° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 8 s S Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1019.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.7 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 12:38 am High 7:12 am Low 1:43 pm High 7:00 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 → 10:30 pm
72
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 10:30 am
60
5h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
2:32 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:38 am
High tide
7:12 am
Low tide
1:43 pm
High tide
7:00 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°
↗︎
NE
34°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
14°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
2°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
20°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
6°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
5°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
5°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
5°
19 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
3°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
1°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
1°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
4°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
8°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
14°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
27°
↗︎
NE
26°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
34°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
29°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
16°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
4°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
1pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2pm
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (3°).

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