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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 251° · 10 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1014.9 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 11:30 pm
Solunar 84 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 5 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:17 pm
Low 3:28 am High 9:55 am Low 4:10 pm High 10:56 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
60
1h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:17 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:50 pm
Moonrise
5:49 pm
Moonset
4:58 am
Low tide
3:28 am
High tide
9:55 am
Low tide
4:10 pm
High tide
10:56 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
☀️
14°
←︎
W
264°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
267°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
272°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
277°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
281°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
283°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
281°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
278°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
274°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
268°
12 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
263°
12 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
257°
11 km/h
12pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
251°
10 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
241°
9 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
231°
9 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
218°
8 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
208°
8 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
200°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
195°
8 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
193°
8 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
192°
8 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
192°
7 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
193°
6 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
195°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.6 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
10am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 1.3° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h W (251°).

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