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Point Richards

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 35° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1027.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 5:51 am Low 11:26 am High 4:24 pm Low 11:09 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
75
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
3h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
49
1h
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
10:28 am
Moonset
1:19 am
High tide
5:51 am
Low tide
11:26 am
High tide
4:24 pm
Low tide
11:09 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
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
24°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
Now
☀️
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 ~0.2 m S
12am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
16.1°
Thu
15 Oct
16.0°
Fri
16 Oct
16.2°
Sat
17 Oct
16.6°
Sun
18 Oct
17.0°
Mon
19 Oct
17.2°
Tue
20 Oct
17.6°
Wed
21 Oct
18.1°
Thu
22 Oct
18.4°
Fri
23 Oct
18.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (35°).

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