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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 266° · 20 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1014.8 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 46 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 7 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:16 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 1:24 am Low 7:27 am High 1:29 pm Low 7:26 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
68
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
65
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 3:00 am
53
2h
First light
6:16 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:42 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
7:03 am
Moonset
9:26 pm
High tide
1:24 am
Low tide
7:27 am
High tide
1:29 pm
Low tide
7:26 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
☁️
20°
←︎
W
283°
16 km/h
1am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
313°
23 km/h
2am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
292°
25 km/h
3am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
299°
16 km/h
4am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
313°
15 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
290°
18 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
266°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
250°
7 km/h
8am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
261°
7 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
10 km/h
10am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
257°
12 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
272°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
266°
20 km/h
1pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
261°
22 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
256°
21 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
266°
21 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
270°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
271°
20 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
271°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
266°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
271°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
276°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
277°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
297°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.8 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h W (266°).

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