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Cowes Jetty

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
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Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 298° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1007.3 hPa ↑ rising 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 50 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 57 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 W 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:14 am Last light 7:58 pm
Low 5:21 am High 12:03 pm Low 5:53 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
60
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
49
1h 30m
First light
6:14 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
6:07 am
Moonset
7:11 pm
Low tide
5:21 am
High tide
12:03 pm
Low tide
5:53 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°
↖︎
NW
301°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
318°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
347°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
329°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
306°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
293°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
282°
23 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
283°
23 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
290°
26 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
293°
28 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
296°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
299°
29 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
298°
28 km/h
1pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
299°
29 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
293°
28 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
288°
27 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
285°
27 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
287°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
292°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
301°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
307°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
265°
7 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
230°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
217°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.4 m SW
12am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h NW (298°).

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