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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 47° · 6 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 6 s E Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady 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 N 2 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 5:57 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

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
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
349°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
14°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
26°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
41°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
62°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
74°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
74°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
84°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
82°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
80°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
83°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
80°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
78°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
76°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
59°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
49°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
47°
6 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
2pm
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
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h NE (47°).

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