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Cowes Jetty

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 243° · 31 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1014.3 hPa ↑ rising Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 21 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 9 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 1:42 am Low 7:35 am High 1:46 pm Low 7:45 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
65
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
49
1h
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
6:58 am
Moonset
9:22 pm
High tide
1:42 am
Low tide
7:35 am
High tide
1:46 pm
Low tide
7:45 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
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
354°
36 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
342°
36 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
316°
31 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
273°
21 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
308°
13 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
284°
16 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
332°
9 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
321°
8 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
299°
16 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
254°
21 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
240°
25 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
244°
33 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
31 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
244°
34 km/h
2pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
244°
29 km/h
3pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
231°
32 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
232°
33 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
236°
30 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
239°
30 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
242°
30 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
25 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
262°
21 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
274°
23 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
274°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.9 m SW
12am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h SW (243°).

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