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Balcombe Creek Mouth

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Balcombe Creek Mouth
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 351° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 13 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1023.0 hPa ↓ falling 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 92 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:30 am Low 12:30 pm High 5:50 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
71
2h
Good
6:00 am → 9:00 am
59
3h
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:41 am
High tide
6:30 am
Low tide
12:30 pm
High tide
5:50 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
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
64°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
72°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
73°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
59°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
38°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
44°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
32°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
3°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
356°
19 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
351°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
345°
20 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
332°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
334°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
9°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
34°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
42°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
41°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2am
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↑︎
N
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h N (351°).

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