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Altona Pier

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Altona Pier
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 160° · 16 km/h Swell: flat Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1031.3 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 64 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 S 16 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 4:43 am Low 10:00 am High 12:30 pm Low 9:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
46
30m
Good
4:00 am → 4:30 am
46
30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
8:07 am
Moonset
11:28 pm
High tide
4:43 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
9:40 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
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
206°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
199°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
194°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
188°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
183°
15 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
174°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
173°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
175°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
173°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
168°
20 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
163°
19 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
160°
18 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
161°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
163°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
166°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
158°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
151°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
145°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
145°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
140°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m S
12am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h S (160°).

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