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Point Richards

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 78° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 8 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1028.4 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 57 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 67 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:08 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:25 am Low 10:34 am High 3:34 pm Low 10:50 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
75
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
9:35 am
Moonset
12:27 am
High tide
5:25 am
Low tide
10:34 am
High tide
3:34 pm
Low tide
10:50 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
☁️
14°
→︎
E
97°
24 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
87°
20 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
78°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
71°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
63°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
53°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
44°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
34°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
27°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
34°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
67°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
78°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
87°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
108°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
124°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
134°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
128°
18 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
122°
23 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
112°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
108°
21 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
96°
19 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
96°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h E (78°).

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