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Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Parkdale Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 342° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1029.1 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 6:00 am Low 11:30 am High 4:30 pm Low 11:23 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
79
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
3h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
10:27 am
Moonset
1:17 am
High tide
6:00 am
Low tide
11:30 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
11:23 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
☁️
16°
→︎
E
106°
11 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
99°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
→︎
E
72°
3 km/h
3am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
351°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
340°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
360°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
7°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
12°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
12°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
351°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
353°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
329°
9 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
310°
6 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
242°
3 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
200°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
189°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
169°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
147°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
127°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
127°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
126°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
124°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
106°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h N (342°).

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