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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 79° · 3 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 6 s E Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1019.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous 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 5:51 am Last light 8:03 pm
Low 1:15 am High 7:51 am Low 1:44 pm High 7:00 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 → 10:30 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 10:30 am
59
5h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:00 pm
47
1h
First light
5:51 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:18 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
2:22 pm
Moonset
3:34 am
Low tide
1:15 am
High tide
7:51 am
Low tide
1:44 pm
High tide
7:00 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
3°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
11°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
18°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
21°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
18°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
14°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
11°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
5°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
354°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
353°
4 km/h
12pm
🌧️
28°
→︎
E
79°
3 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↘︎
SE
117°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↘︎
SE
122°
12 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↘︎
SE
124°
12 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↘︎
SE
125°
9 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
120°
6 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
101°
6 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
81°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
67°
8 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 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
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 6 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
0.6 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
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
15.8°
Mon
19 Oct
16.0°
Tue
20 Oct
16.4°
Wed
21 Oct
16.9°
Thu
22 Oct
17.2°
Fri
23 Oct
17.3°
Sat
24 Oct
17.4°
Sun
25 Oct
17.1°
Mon
26 Oct
17.0°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 3 km/h E (79°).

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