Skip to main content
Bite Compass
Bite Forecast

McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

←
17 Oct
Today
tap to pick date
→
Today Tomorrow Sat 24 Oct
📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 89° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s E Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1028.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 87 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 85 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 95 out of 100 Turning
Wind 46 out of 100 NE 2 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °C all day
Learn how the score works →

Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:57 am Last light 7:59 pm
High 5:57 am Low 11:47 am High 5:12 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
64
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
54
3h
First light
5:57 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
10:17 am
Moonset
1:12 am
High tide
5:57 am
Low tide
11:47 am
High tide
5:12 pm
Low tide
11:47 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
50°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
56°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
55°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
27°
1 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
349°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
34°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
37°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
66°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
76°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
86°
11 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
89°
15 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
→︎
E
88°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
87°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
86°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
84°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
78°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
75°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
73°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
61°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
58°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
55°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m E
12am
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Now
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.3°
Wed
14 Oct
15.2°
Thu
15 Oct
15.1°
Fri
16 Oct
15.0°
Sat
17 Oct
15.3°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h E (89°).

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