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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 165° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.6 °C Pressure: 1032.0 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.6 °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 6:13 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 2:50 am Low 8:47 am High 2:39 pm Low 8:37 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
49
1h
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
48
1h
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
8:08 am
Moonset
11:33 pm
High tide
2:50 am
Low tide
8:47 am
High tide
2:39 pm
Low tide
8:37 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°
↙︎
SW
203°
14 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
200°
15 km/h
2am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
198°
14 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
194°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
190°
15 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
15 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
189°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
179°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
170°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
168°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
166°
15 km/h
12pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
165°
15 km/h
1pm
🌧️
12°
↓︎
S
162°
15 km/h
2pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
161°
16 km/h
3pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
155°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
152°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
141°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
142°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
141°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
140°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.9 → 1.5 m SW
12am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
1am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
2am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
3am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h S (165°).

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