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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 54° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1025.7 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 74 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 51 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:11 pm
High 5:16 am Low 10:57 am High 5:00 pm Low 11:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
59
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
11:27 am
Moonset
2:07 am
High tide
5:16 am
Low tide
10:57 am
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:00 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°
↗︎
NE
23°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
5°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
345°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
324°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
310°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
304°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
312°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
331°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
349°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
26°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
43°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
47°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
54°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
75°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
87°
10 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
93°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
99°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
104°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
99°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
104°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
105°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
76°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
33°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
15°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m S
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h NE (54°).

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