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Middle Brighton Pier

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Middle Brighton Pier
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 153° · 2 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 7 s S Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1027.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 5 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 5:40 am Low 10:40 am High 3:30 pm Low 10:51 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
67
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
53
1h 30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
9:34 am
Moonset
12:25 am
High tide
5:40 am
Low tide
10:40 am
High tide
3:30 pm
Low tide
10:51 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
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
59°
4 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↑︎
N
13°
4 km/h
2am
☁️
10°
↑︎
N
5°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
16°
3 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
34°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↑︎
N
21°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
41°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
35°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
16°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
63°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
143°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
153°
2 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
156°
2 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
163°
6 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
160°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
170°
10 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
160°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
159°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
146°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
132°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
113°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
112°
9 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
103°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
12pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
1pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 2 km/h SE (153°).

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