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Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 73° · 11 km/h Swell: flat Water: 17.0 °C Pressure: 1026.9 hPa 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 49 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 10 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

Now
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
5:30 am → 8:00 am
74
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
70
2h 30m
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
79°
12 km/h
Now
☀️
16°
→︎
E
73°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
70°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
50°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
15°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
3°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
358°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
7°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
20 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
18°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
24°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
27°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
36°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
50°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
69°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
76°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
93°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
82°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
103°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
105°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
93°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
72°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m S
12am
Calm
Now
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
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (73°).

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