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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 25° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1019.0 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 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 46 out of 100 E 1 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:14 pm
Low 12:17 am High 7:13 am Low 1:08 pm High 7:05 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 → 9:30 pm
56
2h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
51
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
50
1h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
45
30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:14 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:47 pm
Moonrise
2:34 pm
Moonset
3:45 am
Low tide
12:17 am
High tide
7:13 am
Low tide
1:08 pm
High tide
7:05 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
☁️
17°
←︎
W
287°
8 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
280°
8 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
274°
8 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
267°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
254°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
246°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
297°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
325°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
343°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
3°
8 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
25°
6 km/h
1pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
63°
6 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
→︎
E
85°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
90°
8 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
89°
7 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
88°
6 km/h
6pm
🌧️
22°
→︎
E
90°
5 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
93°
3 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
106°
1 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
180°
1 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
225°
1 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
270°
2 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.8 → 1.1 m SW
12am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
15.3°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h NE (25°).

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