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Cowes Jetty

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cowes Jetty
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 335° · 22 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1016.6 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 70 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 E 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 1:20 am High 8:16 am Low 2:04 pm High 8:18 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 11:00 pm
64
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
47
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:00 am
46
1h
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
3:33 pm
Moonset
4:06 am
Low tide
1:20 am
High tide
8:16 am
Low tide
2:04 pm
High tide
8:18 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
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
35°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
28°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
22°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
18°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
17°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
14°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
10°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
354°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
343°
20 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
336°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
335°
22 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
335°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
29°
↖︎
NW
330°
21 km/h
4pm
☀️
29°
↖︎
NW
324°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
29°
↖︎
NW
322°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
336°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
43°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
74°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
15°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
25°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
29°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.2 → 1.6 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.5 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.6 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.6 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.6 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.6 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h NW (335°).

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