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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 74° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 5 s E Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1029.9 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 32 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 5:58 am Last light 7:58 pm
High 5:30 am Low 11:15 am High 4:41 pm Low 11:15 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
72
2h
Good
5:00 pm → 6:00 pm
49
1h
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
48
1h
First light
5:58 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
9:24 am
Moonset
12:20 am
High tide
5:30 am
Low tide
11:15 am
High tide
4:41 pm
Low tide
11:15 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
66°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
60°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
57°
19 km/h
3am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
62°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
57°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
51°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
47°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
60°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
63°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
68°
19 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
73°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
74°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
77°
20 km/h
2pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
80°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
85°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
84°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
78°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
76°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
72°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
67°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
58°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
46°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.7 → 1.2 m E
12am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h E (74°).

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