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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 321° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1019.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 16 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:13 pm
High 6:32 am Low 12:14 pm High 6:05 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
66
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
65
2h
Good
8:30 am → 9:30 am
48
1h
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
45
30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
1:31 pm
Moonset
3:17 am
High tide
6:32 am
Low tide
12:14 pm
High tide
6:05 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
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
15 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
356°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
355°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
356°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
353°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
350°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
347°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
350°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
346°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
338°
20 km/h
11am
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
20 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
321°
18 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
294°
15 km/h
2pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
2°
4 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
22°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
34°
9 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
35°
10 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
27°
9 km/h
7pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
7°
7 km/h
8pm
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
343°
7 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
325°
7 km/h
10pm
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
309°
7 km/h
11pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
297°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SW
12am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
15.2°
Sun
18 Oct
15.4°
Mon
19 Oct
15.8°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.2°
Thu
22 Oct
16.5°
Fri
23 Oct
15.7°
Sat
24 Oct
14.9°
Sun
25 Oct
15.2°
Mon
26 Oct
15.3°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NW (321°).

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