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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 340° · 19 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1014.5 hPa ↓ falling 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 51 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 95 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 9 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 6:17 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 12:28 am Low 6:27 am High 12:39 pm Low 6:35 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
68
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
59
2h
Good
12:00 am → 2:00 am
56
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
53
1h 30m
First light
6:17 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
6:37 am
Moonset
8:21 pm
High tide
12:28 am
Low tide
6:27 am
High tide
12:39 pm
Low tide
6:35 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
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
317°
6 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↖︎
NW
323°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↖︎
NW
319°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
311°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
319°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
323°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
321°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
330°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
333°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
341°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
340°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
342°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
340°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
341°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
337°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
334°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
337°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
338°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
351°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
1°
18 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
357°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
341°
25 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 1.8 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (340°).

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