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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 310° · 14 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1021.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 61 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 46 out of 100 N 3 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 70 out of 100 16.3 °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 5:50 am Last light 7:58 pm
High 6:30 am Low 10:45 am High 4:53 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
57
1h 30m
First light
5:50 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:17 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
1:17 pm
Moonset
3:01 am
High tide
6:30 am
Low tide
10:45 am
High tide
4:53 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
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
321°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
333°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
340°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
340°
11 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
341°
12 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
337°
14 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
334°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
334°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
336°
10 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↖︎
NW
329°
15 km/h
11am
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
322°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
310°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
314°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
316°
6 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
→︎
E
96°
3 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
→︎
E
93°
9 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
139°
8 km/h
6pm
🌧️
22°
↘︎
SE
133°
6 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
90°
2 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
354°
3 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
335°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
318°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
312°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 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
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
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
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NW (310°).

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