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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 140° · 7 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1024.0 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 82 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 75 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 5:52 am Last light 7:56 pm
High 6:30 am Low 9:36 am High 4:10 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
74
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
53
1h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
7:56 pm
Sunrise
6:18 am
Sunset
7:30 pm
Moonrise
12:15 pm
Moonset
2:29 am
High tide
6:30 am
Low tide
9:36 am
High tide
4:10 pm
Low tide
11:40 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
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
324°
2 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
347°
2 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
337°
2 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
341°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
345°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
360°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↑︎
N
349°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
306°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
308°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
18°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
→︎
E
112°
1 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
158°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
140°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
137°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
136°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
119°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
115°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
112°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
106°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
68°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
270°
1 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
268°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
307°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
16.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h SE (140°).

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