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Altona Pier

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Altona Pier
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 84° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 7 s S Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1027.9 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 56 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 67 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 63 out of 100 Turning
Wind 54 out of 100 NE 4 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 6:08 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 5:38 am Low 10:36 am High 3:24 pm Low 10:51 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 → 7:30 am
61
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
9:35 am
Moonset
12:26 am
High tide
5:38 am
Low tide
10:36 am
High tide
3:24 pm
Low tide
10:51 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
☁️
12°
→︎
E
90°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↑︎
N
344°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
317°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
303°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
350°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
356°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
24°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
36°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
42°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
46°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
49°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
84°
7 km/h
1pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
87°
7 km/h
2pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
131°
7 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
148°
10 km/h
4pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
152°
12 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
147°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
145°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
131°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
118°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
117°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
100°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
12pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
1pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h E (84°).

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