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Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 38° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s E Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1027.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 43 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 16.9 °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 5:45 am Last light 7:47 pm
High 3:00 am Low 7:45 am High 2:15 pm Low 9:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
70
2h
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
67
2h 30m
First light
5:45 am
Last light
7:47 pm
Sunrise
6:12 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
11:07 am
Moonset
1:41 am
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
7:45 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
9:30 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
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
21°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
19°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
19°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
18°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
21°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
25°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
26°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
26°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
26°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
31°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
38°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
40°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
41°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
42°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
39°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
35°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
28°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
22°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
19°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
15°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SE
12am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
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
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NE (38°).

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