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Lonsdale Bight Beach

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 258° · 23 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1014.5 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 · 7:00 am
Solunar 58 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 43 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 W 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 1:31 am Low 7:32 am High 1:35 pm Low 7:35 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
60
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 3:00 am
54
1h 30m
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
7:01 am
Moonset
9:24 pm
High tide
1:31 am
Low tide
7:32 am
High tide
1:35 pm
Low tide
7:35 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
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
37 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
30 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
←︎
W
263°
20 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
285°
18 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
326°
12 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
297°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
260°
12 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
265°
14 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
265°
15 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
261°
18 km/h
11am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
258°
21 km/h
12pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
258°
23 km/h
1pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
251°
28 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
260°
27 km/h
3pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
228°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
237°
20 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
259°
27 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
258°
23 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
252°
22 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
249°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
25 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
258°
21 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
263°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.7 m SW
12am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h W (258°).

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