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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 356° · 24 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1018.9 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 89 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:15 am Last light 8:22 pm
High 5:40 am Low 11:00 am High 1:20 pm Low 9:40 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
69
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
50
1h
First light
6:15 am
Last light
8:22 pm
Sunrise
6:42 am
Sunset
7:55 pm
Moonrise
12:39 pm
Moonset
2:55 am
High tide
5:40 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
1:20 pm
Low tide
9:40 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
21°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
23°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
14°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
13°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
17 km/h
6am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
9°
20 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
7°
21 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
22 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
6°
21 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
2°
22 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
356°
24 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
25 km/h
2pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
348°
19 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
299°
8 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
8 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
13°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.3 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
15.6°
Sun
25 Oct
15.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h N (356°).

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