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Gem Pier

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Gem Pier
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 357° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 11 s SW Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1017.1 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 92 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 1:27 am High 7:55 am Low 2:20 pm High 7:55 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 11:30 pm
67
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
61
2h
Good
9:00 am → 11:30 am
58
2h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 4:30 pm
46
1h
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
3:35 pm
Moonset
4:07 am
Low tide
1:27 am
High tide
7:55 am
Low tide
2:20 pm
High tide
7:55 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
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
295°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
297°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
306°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
338°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
8°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
20°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
19°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
13°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
2°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
357°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
352°
19 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
354°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
7°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
18°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
34°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
45°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
44°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
34°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
20°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m NW
12am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↑︎
N
Calm
chop
9pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
Mon
19 Oct
17.0°
Tue
20 Oct
17.3°
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
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (357°).

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