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Cowes Jetty

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 350° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1022.8 hPa ↓ falling 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 91 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 82 out of 100 N 17 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 8:07 pm
High 6:09 am Low 11:52 am High 5:48 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 → 9:00 pm
65
2h
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
60
2h 30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
12:24 pm
Moonset
2:40 am
High tide
6:09 am
Low tide
11:52 am
High tide
5:48 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
34°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
24°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
26°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
16°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
14°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
20°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
15°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
10°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
19 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
357°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
350°
23 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
344°
23 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
338°
22 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
333°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
334°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
340°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
357°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
17°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
22°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
19 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
34°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 0.9 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
15.5°
Sat
17 Oct
15.9°
Sun
18 Oct
16.4°
Mon
19 Oct
16.6°
Tue
20 Oct
16.5°
Wed
21 Oct
16.8°
Thu
22 Oct
17.3°
Fri
23 Oct
16.9°
Sat
24 Oct
16.5°
Sun
25 Oct
17.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h N (350°).

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