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Parkdale Beach

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Parkdale Beach
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 354° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.6 °C Pressure: 1007.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 W 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 78 out of 100 17.6 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:12 pm
Low 2:08 am High 8:46 am Low 2:36 pm High 8:43 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
66
4h 30m
Good
4:00 am → 7:00 am
56
3h
Good
10:00 am → 12:00 pm
53
2h
Good
2:30 am → 3:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
4:38 pm
Moonset
4:30 am
Low tide
2:08 am
High tide
8:46 am
Low tide
2:36 pm
High tide
8:43 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
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
19°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
12°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
359°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
354°
16 km/h
5am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
17 km/h
6am
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
19 km/h
7am
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
353°
20 km/h
8am
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
355°
22 km/h
9am
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
356°
23 km/h
10am
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
357°
24 km/h
11am
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
356°
24 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
354°
24 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
349°
23 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
344°
23 km/h
3pm
🌧️
29°
↑︎
N
339°
22 km/h
4pm
🌧️
29°
↖︎
NW
332°
20 km/h
5pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
326°
19 km/h
6pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
318°
16 km/h
7pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
306°
14 km/h
8pm
🌧️
23°
←︎
W
286°
11 km/h
9pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
262°
10 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
243°
11 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
234°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h N (354°).

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