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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 134° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 7 s SE Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1028.4 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:55 am Last light 7:54 pm
High 1:48 pm Low 10:30 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 pm → 9:00 pm
59
3h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
53
1h
First light
5:55 am
Last light
7:54 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:28 pm
Moonrise
10:16 am
Moonset
1:06 am
High tide
1:48 pm
Low tide
10:30 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
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
322°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
311°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
320°
3 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
351°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
8°
↑︎
N
354°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
7°
↑︎
N
352°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
7°
↑︎
N
352°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↑︎
N
5°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
33°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
111°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
148°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
147°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
139°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
134°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
132°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
125°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
116°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
115°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
114°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
101°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
83°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
60°
1 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
277°
1 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 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
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Now
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.6°
Wed
14 Oct
15.4°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SE (134°).

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