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Parkdale Beach

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Parkdale Beach
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 350° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1019.3 hPa → steady 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 12:40 am High 7:13 am Low 1:43 pm High 7:10 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
72
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 10:30 am
59
5h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:30 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
2:31 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:40 am
High tide
7:13 am
Low tide
1:43 pm
High tide
7:10 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
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
16°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
7°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
6°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
358°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
354°
17 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
350°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
345°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
343°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
345°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
351°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
359°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
13°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
33°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
48°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
50°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
46°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
39°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
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
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
16.5°
Mon
19 Oct
16.6°
Tue
20 Oct
16.8°
Wed
21 Oct
17.2°
Thu
22 Oct
17.6°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Sat
24 Oct
17.3°
Sun
25 Oct
17.5°
Mon
26 Oct
17.5°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h N (350°).

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