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Parkdale Beach

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Parkdale Beach
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 202° · 1 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1028.0 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 63 out of 100 Turning
Wind 54 out of 100 NE 4 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 5:38 am Low 10:40 am High 3:30 pm Low 10:51 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
60
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
9:34 am
Moonset
12:25 am
High tide
5:38 am
Low tide
10:40 am
High tide
3:30 pm
Low tide
10:51 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
☁️
12°
→︎
E
80°
5 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
43°
3 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
32°
3 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
45°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
36°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
47°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
40°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
37°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
10°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
15°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
129°
1 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
158°
2 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
202°
1 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↙︎
SW
225°
3 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
↙︎
SW
214°
6 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
198°
10 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
180°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
157°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
138°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
129°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
115°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
115°
12 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
111°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
6am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 1 km/h S (202°).

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