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Point King Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point King Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 358° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1028.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 4:50 am Low 10:38 am High 4:33 pm Low 10:36 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 am → 7:30 am
63
2h
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
50
1h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
50
2h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
10:27 am
Moonset
1:19 am
High tide
4:50 am
Low tide
10:38 am
High tide
4:33 pm
Low tide
10:36 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°
→︎
E
90°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
84°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
76°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
78°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
77°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
63°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
28°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
30°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
4°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
355°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
357°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
359°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
355°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
120°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
118°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
114°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
113°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
114°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
111°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
104°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
97°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
14.8°
Thu
15 Oct
14.9°
Fri
16 Oct
15.1°
Sat
17 Oct
15.5°
Sun
18 Oct
15.8°
Mon
19 Oct
15.9°
Tue
20 Oct
15.9°
Wed
21 Oct
16.3°
Thu
22 Oct
16.8°
Fri
23 Oct
16.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (358°).

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