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Cowes Jetty

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 123° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1028.6 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 94 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 21 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 4:26 am Low 10:14 am High 4:12 pm Low 10:14 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
56
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 10:30 am
47
30m
Good
5:00 pm → 5:30 pm
45
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
9:31 am
Moonset
12:26 am
High tide
4:26 am
Low tide
10:14 am
High tide
4:12 pm
Low tide
10:14 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
☁️
13°
→︎
E
78°
27 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
77°
21 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
81°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
74°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
66°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
66°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
46°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
54°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
50°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
41°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
123°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
153°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
154°
22 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
150°
23 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
146°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
142°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
134°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
121°
22 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
108°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
104°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
17 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
80°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.5 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h SE (123°).

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