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Balcombe Creek Mouth

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Balcombe Creek Mouth
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 322° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1029.5 hPa → steady Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 77 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 72 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 85 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:05 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:51 am Low 11:26 am High 4:38 pm Low 11:24 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
74
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
57
3h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
10:26 am
Moonset
1:18 am
High tide
5:51 am
Low tide
11:26 am
High tide
4:38 pm
Low tide
11:24 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
☁️
14°
→︎
E
91°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
→︎
E
84°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
78°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
80°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
83°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
73°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
46°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
5°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
333°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
330°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
323°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
322°
11 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
317°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
317°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
315°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
300°
5 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
168°
8 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
141°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
132°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
132°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
129°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
123°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
116°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
108°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5am
Calm
6am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (322°).

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