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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 26° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1025.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 98 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:18 am Last light 8:19 pm
High 4:20 am Low 10:20 am High 2:15 pm Low 9:10 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
76
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
55
3h
First light
6:18 am
Last light
8:19 pm
Sunrise
6:45 am
Sunset
7:53 pm
Moonrise
10:40 am
Moonset
1:32 am
High tide
4:20 am
Low tide
10:20 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
9:10 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
32°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
68°
8 km/h
3am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
55°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
53°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
41°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
32°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
23°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
23°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
25°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
27°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
24°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
26°
16 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
30°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
42°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
72°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
101°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
84°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
71°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
76°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
70°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
57°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Now
0.8 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
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.0°
Wed
14 Oct
14.7°
Thu
15 Oct
14.6°
Fri
16 Oct
14.8°
Sat
17 Oct
15.0°
Sun
18 Oct
15.3°
Mon
19 Oct
15.3°
Tue
20 Oct
15.3°
Wed
21 Oct
15.4°
Thu
22 Oct
15.7°
Fri
23 Oct
15.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NE (26°).

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