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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 225° · 4 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1018.8 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 W 8 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 6:14 am Last light 8:23 pm
High 6:00 am Low 10:00 am High 12:00 pm Low 10:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
56
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 10:00 pm
56
2h
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
47
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:23 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:56 pm
Moonrise
1:42 pm
Moonset
3:27 am
High tide
6:00 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
10:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
355°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
18 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
352°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
313°
14 km/h
6am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
287°
8 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
321°
8 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
335°
8 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
354°
8 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
5 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
304°
2 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
225°
4 km/h
1pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
181°
12 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
182°
13 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
182°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
177°
10 km/h
5pm
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
139°
8 km/h
6pm
🌧️
16°
↘︎
SE
142°
8 km/h
7pm
🌧️
16°
↘︎
SE
153°
8 km/h
8pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
160°
8 km/h
9pm
🌧️
15°
↘︎
SE
154°
7 km/h
10pm
🌧️
15°
↘︎
SE
141°
7 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
↘︎
SE
131°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.3°
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°
Mon
26 Oct
15.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SW (225°).

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