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Mitchell River Silt Jetties (Eagle Point)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Mitchell River Silt Jetties (Eagle Point)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 173° · 7 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1026.9 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 66 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 59 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 5:53 am Last light 7:55 pm
High 6:40 am High 3:00 pm Low 11:00 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
67
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
60
2h
First light
5:53 am
Last light
7:55 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
7:29 pm
Moonrise
11:14 am
Moonset
1:50 am
High tide
6:40 am
High tide
3:00 pm
Low tide
11:00 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
291°
5 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
290°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
301°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
314°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
317°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
319°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
331°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
329°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
312°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
282°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
239°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
207°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
173°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
140°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
130°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
131°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
136°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
134°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
130°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
137°
3 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
166°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
187°
1 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
270°
1 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
308°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
15.4°
Fri
16 Oct
15.4°
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
16.0°
Mon
19 Oct
16.2°
Tue
20 Oct
16.3°
Wed
21 Oct
16.6°
Thu
22 Oct
16.9°
Fri
23 Oct
16.9°
Sat
24 Oct
16.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h S (173°).

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