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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 45° · 4 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 5 s E Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1027.7 hPa Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 61 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 63 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 46 out of 100 NW 2 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 6:28 am Low 12:13 pm High 5:37 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
69
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
65
3h
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
11:15 am
Moonset
1:56 am
High tide
6:28 am
Low tide
12:13 pm
High tide
5:37 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
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
48°
5 km/h
Now
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
45°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
27°
2 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
18°
1 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
344°
1 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
315°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
293°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
293°
2 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
301°
3 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
277°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
185°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
175°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
169°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
165°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
154°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
147°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
143°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
131°
9 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
101°
7 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
67°
6 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
47°
6 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
27°
5 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
32°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
21°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.1 → 0.5 m E
12am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Now
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 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
0.6 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
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h NE (45°).

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