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Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 48° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s NE Water: 17.5 °C Pressure: 1023.1 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 78 out of 100 17.5 °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 5:43 am Last light 7:49 pm
High 5:00 am Low 10:00 am High 4:15 pm Low 11:13 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 → 9:00 am
65
4h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
63
2h
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
46
30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
45
30m
First light
5:43 am
Last light
7:49 pm
Sunrise
6:09 am
Sunset
7:22 pm
Moonrise
1:09 pm
Moonset
2:52 am
High tide
5:00 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
4:15 pm
Low tide
11:13 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
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
13°
21 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
13°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
12°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
8°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
11°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
9°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
5°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
6°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
9°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
31°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
48°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
53°
15 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
50°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
38°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
34°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
30°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
26°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
23°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m E
12am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.5°
Sun
18 Oct
16.9°
Mon
19 Oct
17.2°
Tue
20 Oct
17.5°
Wed
21 Oct
17.9°
Thu
22 Oct
18.1°
Fri
23 Oct
18.2°
Sat
24 Oct
17.9°
Sun
25 Oct
17.6°
Mon
26 Oct
17.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (48°).

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