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Cowes Jetty

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 339° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.8 °C Pressure: 1019.5 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 73 out of 100 16.8 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 12:34 am High 7:25 am Low 1:18 pm High 7:10 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 → 10:30 pm
68
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
59
2h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
47
1h
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
46
30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
2:29 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:34 am
High tide
7:25 am
Low tide
1:18 pm
High tide
7:10 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
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
18°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
38°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
46°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
47°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
44°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
31°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
9°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
339°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
334°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
332°
17 km/h
3pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
337°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
40°
3 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↘︎
SE
115°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
120°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
119°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
112°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
63°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
44°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.7 → 1.1 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
17.4°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (339°).

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