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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 314° · 27 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1006.4 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 18 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:16 pm
Low 2:04 am High 9:09 am Low 2:55 pm High 9:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
57
4h 30m
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:16 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:49 pm
Moonrise
4:42 pm
Moonset
4:34 am
Low tide
2:04 am
High tide
9:09 am
Low tide
2:55 pm
High tide
9:30 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
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
324°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
326°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
328°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
330°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
330°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
330°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
328°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
326°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
324°
23 km/h
9am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
322°
26 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
321°
28 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
318°
28 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
314°
27 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
309°
25 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
302°
22 km/h
3pm
🌧️
28°
←︎
W
292°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
28°
←︎
W
282°
18 km/h
5pm
🌧️
28°
←︎
W
274°
18 km/h
6pm
🌧️
26°
←︎
W
268°
17 km/h
7pm
🌧️
24°
←︎
W
264°
17 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
262°
16 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
261°
16 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
261°
15 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
262°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.4 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.2 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
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.7°
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
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h NW (314°).

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