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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 217° · 21 km/h Swell: 2.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1023.5 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 2:30 am
Solunar 63 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 15 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.8 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 2:15 am Low 8:24 am High 2:00 pm Low 8:06 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:00 am → 4:00 am
59
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 9:00 am
54
2h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
48
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
7:33 am
Moonset
10:31 pm
High tide
2:15 am
Low tide
8:24 am
High tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
8:06 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
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
313°
16 km/h
1am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
314°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
311°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
304°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
299°
16 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
300°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
295°
18 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
280°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
246°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
235°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
226°
22 km/h
11am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
228°
21 km/h
12pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
217°
21 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
210°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
207°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
204°
24 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
205°
23 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
207°
23 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
210°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
214°
19 km/h
8pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
213°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
210°
17 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
206°
17 km/h
11pm
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
204°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.9 m SW
12am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h SW (217°).

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