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McLoughlins Beach Jetty

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McLoughlins Beach Jetty
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 248° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 7 s E Water: 17.4 °C Pressure: 1014.2 hPa ↑ rising 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 91 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 77 out of 100 17.4 °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 5:47 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 3:05 am High 9:07 am Low 4:00 pm High 9:50 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
63
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
54
1h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
49
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
48
1h 30m
First light
5:47 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:14 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
5:38 pm
Moonset
4:47 am
Low tide
3:05 am
High tide
9:07 am
Low tide
4:00 pm
High tide
9:50 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
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
24 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
238°
23 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
22 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
249°
21 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
254°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
258°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
258°
20 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
258°
20 km/h
8am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
257°
21 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
254°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
252°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
250°
23 km/h
12pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
248°
23 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
245°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
241°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
238°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
236°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
234°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
20 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
234°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
235°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
238°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
242°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
248°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
12pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
1pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
2pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
3pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
5pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
6pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
7pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
8pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h W (248°).

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