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Point Richards

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 21° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1022.6 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 95 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:09 pm
High 6:17 am Low 12:17 pm High 5:34 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
72
2h
Good
5:30 am → 8:30 am
65
3h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
47
30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
12:27 pm
Moonset
2:42 am
High tide
6:17 am
Low tide
12:17 pm
High tide
5:34 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
43°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
12°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
4°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
9°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
14°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
10°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
9°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
13°
26 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
21°
24 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
28°
23 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
30°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
28°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
32°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
22°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
7°
19 km/h
7pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
4°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
4°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
11°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h N (21°).

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