Is fishing allowed on Lagoon Pier?

Yes — it's a popular fishing pier. Jumping and diving are prohibited, and dogs must be on a lead.

What can you catch at Lagoon Pier?

Flathead over the sand in the warmer months, pinky snapper year-round with bigger snapper in spring, plus silver trevally, garfish, Australian salmon and the occasional calamari. Flathead are 27 cm minimum and snapper 28 cm.

Where do you park for Lagoon Pier?

Street parking along Beach Street, Port Melbourne, which is time-limited and busy in summer. Toilets and cafes are within a very short walk.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Lagoon Pier

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

Forecast updated 1:49pm AEDT

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 359° · 21 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1015.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore

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Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 6:30 am

Solunar Minor window

Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind N 7 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 16.1 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:15 am Last light 7:59 pm

Low 3:51 am High 9:51 am Low 5:30 pm High 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

2h 30m

Good

7:30 pm → 9:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:00 pm → 2:30 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 2:00 am

First light

6:15 am

Last light

7:59 pm

Sunrise

6:41 am

Sunset

7:33 pm

Moonrise

6:34 am

Moonset

8:17 pm

Low tide

3:51 am

High tide

9:51 am

Low tide

5:30 pm

High 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

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16°

↑︎

338°

13 km/h

1am

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15°

↖︎

317°

10 km/h

2am

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15°

↖︎

299°

7 km/h

3am

☀️

15°

↖︎

327°

7 km/h

4am

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14°

↑︎

341°

6 km/h

5am

☀️

14°

↑︎

347°

7 km/h

6am

☀️

14°

↑︎

339°

7 km/h

7am

☀️

14°

↑︎

342°

8 km/h

8am

☀️

14°

↑︎

348°

7 km/h

9am

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16°

↑︎

346°

12 km/h

10am

☀️

17°

↑︎

349°

14 km/h

11am

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19°

↑︎

352°

21 km/h

12pm

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19°

↑︎

359°

21 km/h

1pm

☀️

20°

↑︎

356°

21 km/h

2pm

☀️

21°

↑︎

356°

23 km/h

3pm

☀️

21°

↑︎

357°

24 km/h

4pm

☀️

21°

↑︎

354°

24 km/h

5pm

☀️

21°

↑︎

350°

23 km/h

6pm

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22°

↑︎

352°

24 km/h

7pm

☀️

21°

↑︎

358°

19 km/h

8pm

☀️

20°

↑︎

8°

20 km/h

9pm

☁️

20°

↑︎

6°

22 km/h

10pm

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20°

↑︎

359°

23 km/h

11pm

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21°

↑︎

2°

26 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.2 m SW

12am

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Calm

2am

Calm

3am

Calm

4am

Calm

5am

Calm

6am

Calm

7am

Calm

8am

Calm

9am

Calm

10am

Calm

11am

Calm

12pm

Calm

1pm

0.2 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

2pm

0.2 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

3pm

0.2 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

4pm

0.1 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

5pm

0.1 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

6pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

7pm

0.1 m

@ 10 s

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Calm

8pm

0.1 m

@ 10 s

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Calm

ground

9pm

0.2 m

@ 11 s

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Calm

ground

10pm

0.2 m

@ 11 s

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Calm

ground

11pm

0.2 m

@ 10 s

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Calm

ground

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h N (359°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:30 am → 8:00 am

2h 30m

Good

7:30 pm → 9:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:00 pm → 2:30 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 2:00 am

First light

6:15 am

Last light

7:59 pm

Sunrise

6:41 am

Sunset

7:33 pm

Moonrise

6:34 am

Moonset

8:17 pm

Low tide

3:51 am

High tide

9:51 am

Low tide

5:30 pm

High tide

11:00 pm

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

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