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Patterson River (Launching Way)

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Patterson River (Launching Way)
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 144° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 67 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:08 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 5:00 am Low 9:40 am High 2:30 pm Low 10:09 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:30 am
59
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
52
1h
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
8:46 am
Moonset
—
High tide
5:00 am
Low tide
9:40 am
High tide
2:30 pm
Low tide
10:09 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
☁️
10°
↘︎
SE
129°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
128°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
133°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
139°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
136°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
132°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
7°
↘︎
SE
127°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
7°
↘︎
SE
117°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
7°
→︎
E
86°
10 km/h
9am
☁️
8°
↗︎
NE
26°
7 km/h
10am
☁️
9°
↑︎
N
12°
4 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
68°
3 km/h
12pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
144°
6 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
144°
10 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
124°
15 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
117°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
109°
20 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
106°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
110°
21 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
114°
18 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
116°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
112°
26 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
109°
25 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
111°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SE (144°).

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