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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 203° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 4 s S Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1030.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 3:30 pm
Solunar 92 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Midday
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:01 am Last light 7:56 pm
High 4:09 am Low 10:08 am High 3:28 pm Low 10:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 5:00 am
51
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
51
1h
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
48
1h
First light
6:01 am
Last light
7:56 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:29 pm
Moonrise
7:56 am
Moonset
11:22 pm
High tide
4:09 am
Low tide
10:08 am
High tide
3:28 pm
Low tide
10:00 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
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
241°
18 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
235°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
232°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
232°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
222°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
216°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↙︎
SW
213°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↙︎
SW
216°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
211°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
199°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
195°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
202°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
203°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
198°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
194°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
189°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
186°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
186°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
183°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
11°
↓︎
S
183°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
10°
↓︎
S
172°
4 km/h
9pm
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
132°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
9°
→︎
E
102°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
8°
→︎
E
76°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m S
12am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h SW (203°).

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