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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 333° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1015.9 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 W 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:15 pm
Low 1:04 am High 8:09 am Low 1:55 pm High 8:20 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 → 11:00 pm
62
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
60
2h
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
50
1h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 4:00 pm
45
30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:15 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:48 pm
Moonrise
3:37 pm
Moonset
4:11 am
Low tide
1:04 am
High tide
8:09 am
Low tide
1:55 pm
High tide
8:20 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°
↖︎
NW
330°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
347°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
341°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
333°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
328°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
329°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
332°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
332°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
329°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
328°
15 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
333°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
341°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
346°
16 km/h
3pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
350°
16 km/h
4pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
352°
15 km/h
5pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
351°
13 km/h
6pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
336°
9 km/h
7pm
🌧️
24°
←︎
W
286°
6 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
251°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
339°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
332°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
325°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m SW
12am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NW (333°).

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