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Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 52° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 8 s SE Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1031.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 97 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 20 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:47 am Last light 7:46 pm
High 2:00 am Low 6:48 am High 1:17 pm Low 8:34 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
56
3h
First light
5:47 am
Last light
7:46 pm
Sunrise
6:13 am
Sunset
7:19 pm
Moonrise
10:09 am
Moonset
12:56 am
High tide
2:00 am
Low tide
6:48 am
High tide
1:17 pm
Low tide
8:34 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°
↗︎
NE
35°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
25°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
6°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
2°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
17°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
22°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
22°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
31°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
38°
10 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
↗︎
NE
37°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
46°
15 km/h
11am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
16 km/h
Now
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
58°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
56°
20 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
49°
19 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
46°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
42°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
45°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
39°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
39°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
35°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
31°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SE
12am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Now
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NE (52°).

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