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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 318° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 6 s E Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1007.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 5:48 am Last light 8:05 pm
Low 2:14 am High 9:00 am Low 2:40 pm High 8:33 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
67
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
59
2h
Good
9:30 am → 12:00 pm
53
2h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
1h 30m
First light
5:48 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:15 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
4:30 pm
Moonset
4:23 am
Low tide
2:14 am
High tide
9:00 am
Low tide
2:40 pm
High tide
8:33 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
360°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
1°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
2°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
351°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
342°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
334°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
327°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
322°
13 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
318°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
317°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
315°
4 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↓︎
S
180°
1 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↘︎
SE
155°
4 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↓︎
S
163°
6 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↓︎
S
180°
8 km/h
7pm
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
198°
11 km/h
8pm
🌧️
21°
↙︎
SW
211°
14 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
↙︎
SW
220°
18 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
226°
21 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
230°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 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
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (318°).

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