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Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Dutton Way Beach (Portland Bay)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 40° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1025.2 hPa Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 am
Solunar 72 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 49 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 11 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

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:17 am Last light 8:20 pm
High 4:50 am Low 10:40 am High 2:00 pm Low 9:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:30 am
70
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
68
2h 30m
First light
6:17 am
Last light
8:20 pm
Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
7:54 pm
Moonrise
11:38 am
Moonset
2:17 am
High tide
4:50 am
Low tide
10:40 am
High tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
9:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
43°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
40°
9 km/h
Now
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
23°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
16°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
14°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
13°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
12°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
11°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
12°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
15°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
20°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
18°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
18°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
26°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
28°
18 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
25°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
26°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
26°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
22°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
23°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
31°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
27°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Now
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h NE (40°).

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