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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 346° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1015.7 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 56 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:14 am Last light 7:59 pm
Low 4:09 am High 9:51 am Low 5:45 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
69
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
60
1h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
49
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
6:33 am
Moonset
8:16 pm
Low tide
4:09 am
High tide
9:51 am
Low tide
5:45 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°
↖︎
NW
328°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
282°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
295°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
330°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
337°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
343°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
335°
7 km/h
7am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
338°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
338°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
333°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
330°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
342°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
340°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
345°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
352°
22 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
5°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
24 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
27 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h N (346°).

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