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Cunningham Pier

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Cunningham Pier
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 27° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1028.1 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 87 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 38 out of 100 N 4 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:08 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:10 am Low 11:40 am High 4:12 pm Low 11:30 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 → 7:30 am
69
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
57
3h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
10:29 am
Moonset
1:20 am
High tide
6:10 am
Low tide
11:40 am
High tide
4:12 pm
Low tide
11:30 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
☁️
15°
→︎
E
68°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
13°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
74°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
88°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
56°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
34°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
3°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
355°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
19°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
45°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
27°
9 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
42°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
53°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
62°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
73°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
84°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
80°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
109°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
112°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
106°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
91°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
67°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SE
12am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h NE (27°).

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