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Salmon Rocks (Cape Conran)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Salmon Rocks (Cape Conran)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 115° · 20 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 7 s SE Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1026.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 63 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 54 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 E 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 5:51 am Last light 7:50 pm
High 2:00 am Low 7:00 am High 1:30 pm Low 8:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
63
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
55
2h 30m
First light
5:51 am
Last light
7:50 pm
Sunrise
6:17 am
Sunset
7:24 pm
Moonrise
10:13 am
Moonset
1:01 am
High tide
2:00 am
Low tide
7:00 am
High tide
1:30 pm
Low tide
8:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
61°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
57°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
55°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
65°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
90°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
85°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
74°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
78°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
100°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
98°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
→︎
E
98°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
108°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
115°
20 km/h
Now
☀️
22°
→︎
E
112°
25 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
108°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
102°
25 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
101°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
93°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
86°
22 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
84°
21 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
74°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
67°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
65°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SE
12am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Now
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.6°
Wed
14 Oct
15.6°
Thu
15 Oct
15.5°
Fri
16 Oct
15.4°
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
15.9°
Mon
19 Oct
16.0°
Tue
20 Oct
16.2°
Wed
21 Oct
16.4°
Thu
22 Oct
16.6°
Fri
23 Oct
16.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h SE (115°).

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