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Capel Sound Beach (Tootgarook)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Capel Sound Beach (Tootgarook)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 10° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1026.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 50 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 5:27 am Low 11:11 am High 5:07 pm Low 11:14 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 8:00 am
66
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
61
2h
Good
11:30 am → 12:00 pm
47
30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
11:25 am
Moonset
2:04 am
High tide
5:27 am
Low tide
11:11 am
High tide
5:07 pm
Low tide
11:14 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°
→︎
E
92°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
93°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
83°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
60°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
58°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
32°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
7°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
1°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
5°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
3°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
3°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
14°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
3°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
12°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
65°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
110°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
109°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
107°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
101°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
93°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
72°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (10°).

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