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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 27° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1026.1 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 74 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 47 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 11 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.8 °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 6:20 am Last light 8:18 pm
High 3:51 am Low 10:00 am High 2:24 pm Low 9:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
65
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 6:30 pm
48
1h
First light
6:20 am
Last light
8:18 pm
Sunrise
6:46 am
Sunset
7:52 pm
Moonrise
9:47 am
Moonset
12:41 am
High tide
3:51 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
2:24 pm
Low tide
9:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
66°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
57°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
47°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
45°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
44°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
48°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
44°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
↗︎
NE
35°
10 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
32°
11 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
35°
10 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
29°
9 km/h
11am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
27°
12 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
29°
11 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
51°
10 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
72°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
96°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
109°
16 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
120°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
112°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
101°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
88°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
78°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
61°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.9 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (27°).

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