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Balcombe Creek Mouth

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Balcombe Creek Mouth
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 346° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1028.4 hPa → steady Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 57 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 5:34 am Low 10:36 am High 3:48 pm Low 10:47 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
68
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
1h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 6:30 pm
52
2h
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
9:33 am
Moonset
12:26 am
High tide
5:34 am
Low tide
10:36 am
High tide
3:48 pm
Low tide
10:47 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°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
85°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
80°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
75°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
79°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
81°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
82°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
73°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
85°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
71°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
46°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
53°
5 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
346°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
338°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
322°
2 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
208°
5 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
175°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
157°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
144°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
131°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
122°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
114°
16 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
108°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
97°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h N (346°).

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