Can you fish from the beach at Parkdale?

Yes. Fish the reef-and-weed edges toward Mentone early or late, away from summer swimmers and any patrol flags.

What fish are off Parkdale?

Calamari, pinkies and King George whiting over the inshore reef and weed toward Mentone, with salmon schools in the cooler months.

When is the best time to fish Parkdale?

Dusk on a rising tide after a few days of easterlies, when the reef water is clear — that's squid and whiting time.

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Bite Forecast

Parkdale Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

Forecast updated Sat 17 Oct, 11:08pm AEDT

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📍 Parkdale Beach

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Weather: Sunny Wind: E 84° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 8 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1029.0 hPa → steady Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore

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High Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 6:30 am

Solunar Major window

Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind N 8 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 16.2 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

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

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

Good

5:30 pm → 9:00 pm

3h 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

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

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16°

→︎

106°

11 km/h

1am

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15°

→︎

99°

7 km/h

2am

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14°

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72°

3 km/h

3am

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13°

↑︎

351°

2 km/h

4am

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12°

↑︎

340°

5 km/h

5am

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11°

↑︎

2°

5 km/h

6am

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11°

↑︎

5°

8 km/h

7am

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11°

↑︎

16°

9 km/h

8am

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14°

↑︎

10°

10 km/h

9am

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17°

↑︎

353°

8 km/h

10am

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19°

↑︎

349°

7 km/h

11am

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20°

↙︎

241°

2 km/h

12pm

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22°

↙︎

234°

3 km/h

1pm

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23°

↓︎

190°

3 km/h

2pm

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23°

↓︎

188°

9 km/h

3pm

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23°

↓︎

189°

15 km/h

4pm

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23°

↓︎

171°

12 km/h

5pm

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23°

↓︎

167°

13 km/h

6pm

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23°

↘︎

155°

13 km/h

7pm

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22°

↘︎

131°

17 km/h

8pm

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20°

↘︎

135°

14 km/h

9pm

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19°

↘︎

133°

12 km/h

10pm

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18°

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130°

11 km/h

11pm

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17°

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84°

5 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.1 m SW

12am

0.2 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

chop

1am

0.2 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

2am

Calm

3am

Calm

4am

Calm

5am

Calm

6am

Calm

7am

0.2 m

@ 7 s

↓︎

Calm

chop

8am

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

9am

0.1 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Calm

10am

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

11am

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

12pm

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

1pm

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

2pm

0.1 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Calm

3pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

4pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

5pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

6pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

7pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

8pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Calm

chop

9pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Calm

chop

10pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Calm

chop

11pm

0.1 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

chop

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h E (84°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:30 am → 7:30 am

Good

5:30 pm → 9:00 pm

3h 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

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

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