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Cowes Jetty

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 342° · 32 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1020.1 hPa → steady 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 48 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 12:00 am High 6:47 am Low 12:32 pm High 6:18 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 → 9:30 pm
63
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
53
1h
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
1:26 pm
Moonset
3:13 am
Low tide
12:00 am
High tide
6:47 am
Low tide
12:32 pm
High tide
6:18 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°
↗︎
NE
26°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
19°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
5°
19 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
360°
22 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
360°
24 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
27 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
28 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
356°
30 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
350°
31 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
32 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
342°
32 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
339°
30 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
336°
29 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
333°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
267°
21 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
254°
7 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
284°
3 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
9°
8 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
20°
16 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
16 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
21°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
17.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 32 km/h N (342°).

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