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Balcombe Creek Mouth

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 239° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 W 14 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 3:00 am Low 5:00 am High 11:00 am Low 8:30 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 → 9:30 pm
55
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
54
1h 30m
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
7:00 am
Moonset
9:22 pm
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
5:00 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
8:30 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
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
353°
30 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
346°
29 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
343°
33 km/h
3am
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
312°
22 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
301°
10 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
298°
10 km/h
6am
🌧️
15°
↑︎
N
343°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
305°
10 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
283°
14 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
285°
15 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
261°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
22 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
239°
19 km/h
1pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
242°
20 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
248°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
223°
21 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
234°
22 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
226°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
238°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
235°
10 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
266°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
270°
24 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
266°
22 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
260°
25 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h SW (239°).

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