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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 139° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s E Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1016.5 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 88 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 73 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous 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 5:49 am Last light 8:04 pm
Low 1:43 am High 8:20 am Low 2:10 pm High 7:44 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
63
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
60
1h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 10:30 am
50
2h
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
48
1h
First light
5:49 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:17 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
3:26 pm
Moonset
3:59 am
Low tide
1:43 am
High tide
8:20 am
Low tide
2:10 pm
High tide
7:44 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
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
17°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
17°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
24°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
30°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
31°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
19°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
360°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
345°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
330°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
308°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
28°
←︎
W
275°
2 km/h
12pm
☀️
28°
↘︎
SE
139°
4 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↘︎
SE
125°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↘︎
SE
124°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
130°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
144°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
153°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
120°
6 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
75°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
59°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
45°
2 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
360°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m E
12am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 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
0.6 m
@ 5 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
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SE (139°).

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