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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 250° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1027.1 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 82 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 46 out of 100 SW 1 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:05 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 6:05 am Low 11:30 am High 4:30 pm Low 11:20 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
70
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
3h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
10:26 am
Moonset
1:17 am
High tide
6:05 am
Low tide
11:30 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
11:20 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°
↘︎
SE
120°
16 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
123°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
122°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
123°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
117°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
318°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
240°
1 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
314°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
315°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
281°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
292°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
276°
9 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
250°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
220°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
205°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
202°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
158°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
130°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
125°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
132°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
129°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
123°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
118°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
15.6°
Thu
15 Oct
15.6°
Fri
16 Oct
15.9°
Sat
17 Oct
16.2°
Sun
18 Oct
16.6°
Mon
19 Oct
16.7°
Tue
20 Oct
16.8°
Wed
21 Oct
17.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.7°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h W (250°).

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