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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 238° · 24 km/h Swell: flat Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1011.9 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 31 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 14 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:04 am Last light 7:53 pm
High 2:12 am Low 7:48 am High 1:46 pm Low 8:23 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
65
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
57
2h
Good
1:30 am → 3:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
48
1h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
7:53 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:27 pm
Moonrise
6:51 am
Moonset
9:15 pm
High tide
2:12 am
Low tide
7:48 am
High tide
1:46 pm
Low tide
8:23 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
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
9°
18 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
2°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
18 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
342°
18 km/h
4am
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
308°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
←︎
W
264°
21 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
271°
14 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
262°
5 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
83°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
99°
2 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
249°
13 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
↙︎
SW
242°
19 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
238°
24 km/h
1pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
244°
29 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
250°
32 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
250°
31 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
244°
36 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
248°
30 km/h
6pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
251°
25 km/h
7pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
253°
20 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
261°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
←︎
W
275°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
←︎
W
289°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
303°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
1am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h SW (238°).

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