Skip to main content
Bite Compass
Bite Forecast

Point Richards

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

←
21 Oct
tap to pick date
→
Today Tomorrow Sat 24 Oct
📍 Point Richards
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 348° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1019.4 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High 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 100 out of 100 S 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °C all day
Learn how the score works →

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
73
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
61
2h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:30 pm
49
1h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
49
1h
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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
33°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
34°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
36°
4 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
110°
4 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
114°
6 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
69°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
31°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
20 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
25 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
25 km/h
10am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
360°
24 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
348°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
344°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
336°
12 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
←︎
W
285°
5 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↙︎
SW
209°
11 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
196°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
189°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
179°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
173°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
182°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
202°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
219°
10 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
—
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (348°).

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