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Point Richards

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 25° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1019.3 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 12:35 am High 7:00 am Low 1:43 pm High 7:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
69
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 10:30 am
61
5h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:30 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
2:32 pm
Moonset
3:43 am
Low tide
12:35 am
High tide
7:00 am
Low tide
1:43 pm
High tide
7:00 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
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
23°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
18°
6 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
19°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
26°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
27°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
22°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
9°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
49°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
65°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
56°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
21°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
21°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
28°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
27°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
24°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
22°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
18.3°
Mon
26 Oct
18.3°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (25°).

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