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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 173° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 4 s E Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1026.9 hPa ↓ falling 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 66 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 59 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 5:53 am Last light 7:55 pm
High 6:40 am High 3:00 pm Low 11:00 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 → 8:00 am
66
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
60
2h
First light
5:53 am
Last light
7:55 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
7:29 pm
Moonrise
11:14 am
Moonset
1:50 am
High tide
6:40 am
High tide
3:00 pm
Low tide
11:00 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
☀️
12°
←︎
W
291°
5 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
290°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
301°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
314°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
317°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
319°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
331°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
329°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
312°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
282°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
239°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
207°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
173°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
140°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
130°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
131°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
136°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
134°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
130°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
137°
3 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
166°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
187°
1 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
270°
1 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
308°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.6 m E
12am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
15.4°
Fri
16 Oct
15.4°
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
16.0°
Mon
19 Oct
16.2°
Tue
20 Oct
16.3°
Wed
21 Oct
16.6°
Thu
22 Oct
16.9°
Fri
23 Oct
16.9°
Sat
24 Oct
16.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h S (173°).

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