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Point Richards

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 40° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 17.0 °C Pressure: 1026.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 71 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 55 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 17.0 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:09 am Low 12:00 pm High 5:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
70
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 8:00 am
68
2h
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
46
1h
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
11:26 am
Moonset
2:04 am
High tide
6:09 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:48 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
☀️
16°
→︎
E
92°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
59°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
68°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
85°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
30°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
355°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
351°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
40°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
42°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
47°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
61°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
81°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
89°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
76°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
77°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
104°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
99°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
88°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
67°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m S
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
3am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 9 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 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
18.2°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NE (40°).

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