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Point Richards

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 67° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 7 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 64 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:10 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 4:51 am Low 10:12 am High 2:20 pm Low 10:23 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:30 am
61
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 5:30 pm
52
1h
First light
6:10 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
8:48 am
Moonset
—
High tide
4:51 am
Low tide
10:12 am
High tide
2:20 pm
Low tide
10:23 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
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
140°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
124°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
110°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
109°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
114°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
111°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
108°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
112°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
111°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
95°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
78°
12 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
75°
11 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
80°
12 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
86°
15 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
103°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
104°
16 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
100°
12 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
93°
23 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
96°
26 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
101°
28 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
102°
28 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
101°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
3pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NE (67°).

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