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Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Painkalac Creek (Aireys Inlet)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 359° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 8 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1028.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 46 out of 100 N 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:08 am Last light 8:10 pm
High 4:40 am Low 10:26 am High 4:24 pm Low 10:24 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
57
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
52
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
52
1h 30m
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
10:29 am
Moonset
1:23 am
High tide
4:40 am
Low tide
10:26 am
High tide
4:24 pm
Low tide
10:24 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°
→︎
E
107°
2 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
10°
2 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
347°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
19°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
14°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
349°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
335°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
351°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
359°
9 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
37°
9 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
70°
9 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
94°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
96°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
94°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
94°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
96°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
87°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
81°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
70°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
61°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
48°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SE
12am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h N (359°).

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