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Cowes Jetty

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 160° · 18 km/h Swell: 1.9 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1031.4 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 85 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 SE 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:08 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 3:11 am Low 9:07 am High 3:02 pm Low 9:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
50
1h
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
8:03 am
Moonset
11:28 pm
High tide
3:11 am
Low tide
9:07 am
High tide
3:02 pm
Low tide
9:00 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
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
201°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
200°
22 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
197°
22 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
198°
20 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
201°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
189°
21 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
185°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
176°
20 km/h
8am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
171°
20 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
166°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
164°
19 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
162°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
18 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
162°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
158°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
158°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
156°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
156°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
150°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
144°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
139°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
141°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.2 → 1.5 m SW
12am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h S (160°).

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