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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 251° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising 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 20 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 11 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 6:12 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 12:00 am High 3:30 am High 8:00 am High 11:15 am Low 2:00 pm Low 8:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
56
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
51
2h
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
7:00 am
Moonset
9:21 pm
High tide
12:00 am
High tide
3:30 am
High tide
8:00 am
High tide
11:15 am
Low tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
8:40 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
356°
29 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
27 km/h
2am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
344°
32 km/h
3am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
332°
21 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
321°
17 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
327°
9 km/h
6am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
319°
11 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
315°
7 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
314°
10 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
283°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
267°
18 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
255°
23 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
251°
21 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
249°
20 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
241°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
252°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
205°
24 km/h
5pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
199°
12 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
251°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
265°
19 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
250°
19 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
242°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
248°
25 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
254°
27 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 11 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
@ 11 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
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h W (251°).

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