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Gem Pier

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Gem Pier
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 213° · 14 km/h Swell: flat Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1015.5 hPa ↑ rising 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 W 10 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.7 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 3:10 am High 9:27 am Low 4:24 pm High 10:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
65
3h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
60
2h
Good
11:00 am → 1:00 pm
57
2h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
5:45 pm
Moonset
4:55 am
Low tide
3:10 am
High tide
9:27 am
Low tide
4:24 pm
High tide
10:00 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
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
241°
18 km/h
1am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
245°
17 km/h
2am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
252°
15 km/h
3am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
261°
13 km/h
4am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
271°
12 km/h
5am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
275°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
271°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
263°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
251°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
240°
11 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
229°
12 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
220°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
213°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
205°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
198°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
193°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
187°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
182°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
177°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
169°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
158°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↘︎
SE
145°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↘︎
SE
132°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
123°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m S
12am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
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)
→ steady around 17.7°
Wed
21 Oct
17.7°
Thu
22 Oct
18.1°
Fri
23 Oct
18.1°
Sat
24 Oct
17.7°
Sun
25 Oct
17.8°
Mon
26 Oct
17.9°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h SW (213°).

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