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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 350° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1021.7 hPa ↓ falling 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 98 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:12 pm
High 5:51 am Low 11:33 am High 5:28 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
68
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:00 am
58
3h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
45
1h
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
12:28 pm
Moonset
2:45 am
High tide
5:51 am
Low tide
11:33 am
High tide
5:28 pm
Low tide
11:37 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
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
8°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
351°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
342°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
344°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
342°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
344°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
342°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
341°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
349°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
1°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
2°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
350°
19 km/h
1pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
347°
20 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
342°
19 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
344°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
339°
19 km/h
5pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
334°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
338°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
348°
12 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
359°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
354°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
355°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
14.8°
Sat
17 Oct
15.2°
Sun
18 Oct
15.4°
Mon
19 Oct
15.8°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (350°).

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