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Point Lonsdale Pier

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Lonsdale Pier
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 18° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1028.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 4:46 am Low 10:33 am High 4:30 pm Low 10:32 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
66
2h
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
53
1h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
10:28 am
Moonset
1:20 am
High tide
4:46 am
Low tide
10:33 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
10:32 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°
22 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
71°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
53°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
52°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
3°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
356°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
354°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
18°
14 km/h
Now
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
24°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
63°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
88°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
88°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
88°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
122°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
119°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
116°
21 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
110°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
107°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
100°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 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
Slight
Now
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 10 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
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h N (18°).

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