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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 350° · 13 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1015.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
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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 78 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:25 pm
High 4:00 am High 12:00 pm Low 7:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 11:00 pm
54
3h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 11:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:25 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:58 pm
Moonrise
3:48 pm
Moonset
4:21 am
High tide
4:00 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
7:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
98°
9 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
83°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
74°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
73°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
86°
3 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
124°
1 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
49°
2 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
43°
5 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
17°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
1°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
350°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
348°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
←︎
W
288°
4 km/h
4pm
🌧️
22°
↙︎
SW
222°
8 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↙︎
SW
210°
13 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
208°
13 km/h
7pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
208°
10 km/h
8pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
209°
7 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
208°
6 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
207°
5 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
208°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.2 m SW
12am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.1 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
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11pm
2.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (350°).

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