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Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Mallacoota Foreshore & Wharf (Bottom Lake)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 30° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 5 s E Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1025.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 94 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 24 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 5:44 am Last light 7:48 pm
High 4:10 am Low 8:50 am High 3:15 pm Low 10:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
67
2h
Good
5:00 am → 9:00 am
63
4h
Good
2:30 am → 3:00 am
45
30m
First light
5:44 am
Last light
7:48 pm
Sunrise
6:11 am
Sunset
7:21 pm
Moonrise
12:08 pm
Moonset
2:19 am
High tide
4:10 am
Low tide
8:50 am
High tide
3:15 pm
Low tide
10:30 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°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
14°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
14°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
11°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
14°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
16°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
15°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
14°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
18°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
19 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
25°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
30°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
31°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
31°
25 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
31°
26 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
30°
26 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
26 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
31°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
28°
24 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
24°
23 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
23 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
21°
23 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
17°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m E
12am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 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
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
16.2°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NE (30°).

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