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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 299° · 19 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1006.2 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 N 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:10 am Last light 8:26 pm
High 2:00 am Low 6:20 am High 12:00 pm Low 7:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
59
2h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 9:30 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
47
1h
First light
6:10 am
Last light
8:26 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:59 pm
Moonrise
4:53 pm
Moonset
4:45 am
High tide
2:00 am
Low tide
6:20 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
7:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
105°
5 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
62°
4 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
21°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
2°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
352°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
14 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
341°
16 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
329°
17 km/h
9am
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
322°
18 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
315°
18 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
308°
18 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
299°
19 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
←︎
W
289°
20 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
279°
21 km/h
3pm
☁️
19°
←︎
W
271°
23 km/h
4pm
☁️
18°
←︎
W
265°
24 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
263°
25 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
264°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
267°
25 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
273°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
279°
23 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
284°
22 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
287°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.3 m SW
12am
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11am
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
12pm
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11pm
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h NW (299°).

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