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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 328° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 5 s E Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1020.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 57 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 17 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 5:52 am Last light 8:02 pm
Low 12:48 am High 7:26 am Low 1:09 pm High 6:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:30 pm
68
3h
Good
5:30 am → 9:30 am
57
4h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
49
1h
First light
5:52 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
1:19 pm
Moonset
3:06 am
Low tide
12:48 am
High tide
7:26 am
Low tide
1:09 pm
High tide
6:30 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
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
12°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
27°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
21°
7 km/h
3am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
15°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
12°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
12°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
6°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
357°
10 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
1°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
12°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
347°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
328°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
333°
9 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
322°
6 km/h
3pm
☁️
27°
←︎
W
267°
7 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↙︎
SW
234°
7 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↓︎
S
178°
4 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
↓︎
S
173°
9 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
173°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
173°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
173°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
166°
1 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
358°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
17.4°
Sun
25 Oct
17.1°
Mon
26 Oct
17.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (328°).

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