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Cowes Jetty

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 339° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1026.5 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:36 am Low 11:21 am High 5:15 pm Low 11:22 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
68
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
56
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
11:23 am
Moonset
2:03 am
High tide
5:36 am
Low tide
11:21 am
High tide
5:15 pm
Low tide
11:22 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
☀️
14°
→︎
E
89°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
81°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
73°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
53°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
31°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
33°
6 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
25°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
↑︎
N
11°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
8°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
360°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
339°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
340°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
339°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
327°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
155°
6 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
147°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
137°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
127°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
122°
20 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
117°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
111°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
104°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
78°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
49°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h N (339°).

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