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Capel Sound Beach (Tootgarook)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Capel Sound Beach (Tootgarook)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 7° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1020.3 hPa → steady 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 46 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:10 pm
High 6:42 am Low 12:24 pm High 6:20 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 → 9:30 pm
65
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
58
1h 30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
1:28 pm
Moonset
3:14 am
High tide
6:42 am
Low tide
12:24 pm
High tide
6:20 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
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
15°
18 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
10°
22 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
23 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
24 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
25 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
28 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
29 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
30 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
30 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
6°
29 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
7°
28 km/h
1pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
6°
26 km/h
2pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
9°
25 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
275°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
264°
13 km/h
5pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
35°
9 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
34°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
25°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
29°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
37°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
15.5°
Sun
18 Oct
15.8°
Mon
19 Oct
16.1°
Tue
20 Oct
16.5°
Wed
21 Oct
17.0°
Thu
22 Oct
17.2°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Sat
24 Oct
17.0°
Sun
25 Oct
17.0°
Mon
26 Oct
16.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h N (7°).

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