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Point Richards

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Point Richards
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 235° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 7 s SW Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1014.7 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 S 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:57 am Last light 8:15 pm
Low 3:00 am High 9:30 am Low 4:15 pm High 10:09 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
64
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
62
2h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 1:00 pm
55
2h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:15 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:47 pm
Moonrise
5:47 pm
Moonset
4:56 am
Low tide
3:00 am
High tide
9:30 am
Low tide
4:15 pm
High tide
10:09 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
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
219°
18 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
227°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
239°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
255°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
269°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
279°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
281°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
281°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
277°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
271°
11 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
262°
11 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
251°
10 km/h
12pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
235°
10 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
212°
10 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
193°
13 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
181°
15 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
173°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
169°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
165°
19 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
162°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
158°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
152°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
146°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
139°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.2°
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h SW (235°).

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