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Point Richards

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 297° · 27 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 8 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1007.5 hPa ↑ rising 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 38 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 W 17 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 6:17 am Last light 8:00 pm
Low 3:20 am High 9:20 am Low 4:00 pm High 9:45 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 → 9:00 pm
64
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
61
1h 30m
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
49
1h
First light
6:17 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:43 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
6:10 am
Moonset
7:13 pm
Low tide
3:20 am
High tide
9:20 am
Low tide
4:00 pm
High tide
9:45 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
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
298°
22 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
319°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
327°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
304°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
286°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
278°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
280°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
283°
19 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
288°
21 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
299°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
291°
27 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
292°
26 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
297°
27 km/h
1pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
293°
27 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
290°
27 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
280°
27 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
281°
28 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
297°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
281°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
288°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
297°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
315°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
306°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
296°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 14 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 14 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h NW (297°).

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