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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 215° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1028.2 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 54 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 57 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 E 5 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.9 °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 5:34 am Low 10:36 am High 3:36 pm Low 10:53 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
67
2h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
9:33 am
Moonset
12:25 am
High tide
5:34 am
Low tide
10:36 am
High tide
3:36 pm
Low tide
10:53 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
☁️
13°
→︎
E
110°
16 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
106°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
98°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
99°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
106°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
123°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
→︎
E
104°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
→︎
E
105°
5 km/h
8am
☁️
9°
→︎
E
108°
2 km/h
9am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
236°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
193°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
175°
2 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
215°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
207°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
206°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
197°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
181°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
150°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
135°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
132°
19 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
125°
19 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
118°
16 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
112°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
111°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
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
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SW (215°).

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