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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 347° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.6 °C Pressure: 1007.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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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 91 out of 100 W 12 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 8:11 pm
Low 2:13 am High 8:50 am Low 2:45 pm High 8:46 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
5:30 am → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 12:00 pm
52
2h
Good
4:30 pm → 5:00 pm
47
30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
4:38 pm
Moonset
4:30 am
Low tide
2:13 am
High tide
8:50 am
Low tide
2:45 pm
High tide
8:46 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
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
1°
13 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
354°
14 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
343°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
341°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
342°
20 km/h
7am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
344°
22 km/h
8am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
346°
23 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
347°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
348°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
348°
25 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
347°
24 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
344°
23 km/h
2pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
340°
21 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
335°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
329°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
320°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
309°
13 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
291°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
270°
12 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
253°
13 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
243°
15 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
239°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m NW
12am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
5pm
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 13 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
17.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.7°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Sat
24 Oct
17.3°
Sun
25 Oct
17.7°
Mon
26 Oct
17.6°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h N (347°).

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