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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: S 161° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s E Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1027.0 hPa ↓ falling 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

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
62
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
54°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
51°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
43°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
23°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
333°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
320°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
311°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
294°
3 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
288°
3 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
256°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
168°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
162°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
161°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
156°
9 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
151°
8 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
135°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
139°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
135°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
124°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
92°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
40°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
25°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
28°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
18°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.1 → 0.5 m E
12am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
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: 10 km/h S (161°).

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