Skip to main content
Bite Compass
Bite Forecast

Altona Pier

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

←
17 Oct
Today
tap to pick date
→
Today Tomorrow Sat 24 Oct
📍 Altona Pier
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 3° · 16 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1028.4 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 84 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °C all day
Learn how the score works →

Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:06 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 6:06 am Low 11:34 am High 4:20 pm Low 11:17 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
81
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
55
3h
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
10:28 am
Moonset
1:17 am
High tide
6:06 am
Low tide
11:34 am
High tide
4:20 pm
Low tide
11:17 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°
→︎
E
71°
6 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
355°
4 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↖︎
NW
313°
3 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
313°
3 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
339°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
6°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
360°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
4°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
10°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
2°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
16 km/h
Now
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
3°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
6°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
24°
8 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
61°
6 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
135°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
153°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
154°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
121°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
116°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
111°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
111°
3 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
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
Now
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (3°).

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