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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: S 187° · 9 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1019.9 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: onshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 S 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:13 am Last light 8:24 pm
High 11:00 am Low 8:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
56
2h
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:24 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:57 pm
Moonrise
2:44 pm
Moonset
3:55 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
8:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
194°
1 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
218°
4 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
200°
7 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
186°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
173°
5 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
159°
3 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
153°
1 km/h
7am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
239°
1 km/h
8am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
225°
4 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
231°
3 km/h
10am
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
223°
4 km/h
11am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
196°
7 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
187°
9 km/h
1pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
181°
12 km/h
2pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
175°
13 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
167°
12 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
155°
10 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
148°
9 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
156°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
170°
11 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
174°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
163°
10 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
137°
9 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
114°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 2.0 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.4°
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h S (187°).

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