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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 322° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1026.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 76 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 6:09 am Low 12:00 pm High 5:08 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 → 8:00 am
75
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
68
3h
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
47
1h
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
11:24 am
Moonset
2:02 am
High tide
6:09 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
5:08 pm
Low tide
11:54 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
☀️
15°
→︎
E
112°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
98°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
88°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
22°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
356°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
346°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
329°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
317°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
326°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
320°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
320°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
330°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
322°
8 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
311°
8 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
286°
7 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
241°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
213°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
205°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
205°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
176°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
141°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
109°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
90°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
108°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h NW (322°).

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