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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 223° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 4 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1014.7 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 5:45 am Last light 8:02 pm
Low 1:28 am High 7:42 am Low 2:00 pm High 7:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
61
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
5:45 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:12 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
5:34 pm
Moonset
4:44 am
Low tide
1:28 am
High tide
7:42 am
Low tide
2:00 pm
High tide
7:40 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
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
335°
14 km/h
1am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
324°
13 km/h
2am
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
311°
11 km/h
3am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
294°
10 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
275°
9 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
263°
10 km/h
6am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
256°
10 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
253°
11 km/h
8am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
251°
11 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
250°
11 km/h
10am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
11 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
238°
10 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
223°
9 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
200°
10 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
179°
11 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
164°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
156°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
152°
18 km/h
6pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
148°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
146°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
144°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
140°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
135°
9 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
127°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.3 → 0.7 m S
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
5am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
6am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 3 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.5°
Wed
21 Oct
16.6°
Thu
22 Oct
16.9°
Fri
23 Oct
16.9°
Sat
24 Oct
16.5°
Sun
25 Oct
16.5°
Mon
26 Oct
16.6°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h SW (223°).

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