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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 224° · 29 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1023.8 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 am
Solunar 19 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 37 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 63 out of 100 NW 20 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 4:15 am Low 7:00 am High 11:12 am Low 9:36 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 → 7:30 am
54
1h 30m
Good
2:30 am → 4:00 am
48
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
46
1h
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
7:30 am
Moonset
10:25 pm
High tide
4:15 am
Low tide
7:00 am
High tide
11:12 am
Low tide
9:36 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°
←︎
W
267°
27 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
280°
26 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
290°
22 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
↖︎
NW
301°
21 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
↖︎
NW
309°
22 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
303°
22 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
301°
22 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
294°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
277°
24 km/h
9am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
271°
27 km/h
10am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
241°
26 km/h
11am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
226°
30 km/h
12pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
224°
29 km/h
1pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
226°
29 km/h
2pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
223°
28 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
218°
27 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
211°
27 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
211°
28 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
208°
28 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
208°
27 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
209°
23 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
199°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
196°
21 km/h
11pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
194°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h SW (224°).

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