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Progress Jetty (Paynesville)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Progress Jetty (Paynesville)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 309° · 13 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1008.8 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 68 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 16.9 °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 5:46 am Last light 8:01 pm
Low 1:00 am High 7:27 am Low 1:05 pm High 7:11 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
65
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
60
2h
Good
10:00 am → 12:00 pm
56
2h
Good
10:00 pm → 12:00 am
51
2h
First light
5:46 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:13 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
4:27 pm
Moonset
4:19 am
Low tide
1:00 am
High tide
7:27 am
Low tide
1:05 pm
High tide
7:11 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
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
309°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
317°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
326°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
333°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
338°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
338°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
332°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
322°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
314°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
308°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
305°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
305°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
309°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
327°
8 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
22°
6 km/h
3pm
☁️
27°
↗︎
NE
65°
9 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
→︎
E
80°
16 km/h
6pm
☁️
25°
→︎
E
75°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
62°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
41°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
355°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
343°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 4 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 0.6° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (309°).

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