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Altona Pier

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 351° · 19 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1015.4 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 54 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 10 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:15 am Last light 8:00 pm
Low 3:51 am High 9:45 am Low 5:30 pm High 11:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
73
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
1h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:30 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:00 am
47
1h
First light
6:15 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
6:34 am
Moonset
8:17 pm
Low tide
3:51 am
High tide
9:45 am
Low tide
5:30 pm
High tide
11:00 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
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
330°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
310°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
306°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
324°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
329°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
335°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
331°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
337°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
346°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
343°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
347°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
346°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
351°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
347°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
352°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
355°
23 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
24 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
355°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
1°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
7°
20 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
1°
21 km/h
10pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
356°
23 km/h
11pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
2°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
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
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (351°).

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