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Balcombe Creek Mouth

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Balcombe Creek Mouth
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 249° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1015.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 S 8 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 16.9 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 3:23 am High 9:33 am Low 4:30 pm High 10:20 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 pm → 9:30 pm
65
4h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
54
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
5:45 pm
Moonset
4:54 am
Low tide
3:23 am
High tide
9:33 am
Low tide
4:30 pm
High tide
10:20 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°
↙︎
SW
239°
21 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
21 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
255°
20 km/h
3am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
265°
20 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
273°
21 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
277°
21 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
277°
20 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
275°
20 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
271°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
266°
17 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
260°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
255°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
249°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
242°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
234°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
227°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
220°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
213°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
207°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
198°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
185°
8 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
166°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
143°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
127°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.9°
Wed
21 Oct
17.1°
Thu
22 Oct
17.3°
Fri
23 Oct
17.3°
Sat
24 Oct
16.9°
Sun
25 Oct
17.2°
Mon
26 Oct
17.2°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h W (249°).

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