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Hastings Jetty

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hastings Jetty
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 346° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1026.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 75 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 6:08 am Low 11:50 am High 4:45 pm Low 11:17 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
79
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
66
2h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
48
1h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
11:23 am
Moonset
2:02 am
High tide
6:08 am
Low tide
11:50 am
High tide
4:45 pm
Low tide
11:17 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
☀️
14°
→︎
E
83°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
83°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
69°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
53°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
5°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
340°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
343°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
329°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
334°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
335°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
347°
11 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
346°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
332°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
328°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
322°
2 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
151°
5 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
146°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
141°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
123°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
69°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
16.1°
Fri
16 Oct
16.3°
Sat
17 Oct
16.9°
Sun
18 Oct
17.3°
Mon
19 Oct
17.5°
Tue
20 Oct
17.9°
Wed
21 Oct
18.4°
Thu
22 Oct
18.8°
Fri
23 Oct
19.0°
Sat
24 Oct
18.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h N (346°).

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