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Port Albert Wharf & Jetties

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Albert Wharf & Jetties
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 45° · 3 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s E Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 85 out of 100 Turning
Wind 46 out of 100 N 3 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 8:00 pm
High 5:51 am Low 11:42 am High 5:13 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 → 7:00 am
62
1h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
55
3h
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
10:18 am
Moonset
1:13 am
High tide
5:51 am
Low tide
11:42 am
High tide
5:13 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
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
27°
2 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
36°
2 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
329°
1 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
297°
0 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
297°
0 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
349°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↑︎
N
11°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
10°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
38°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
59°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
90°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
88°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
99°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
91°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
88°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
87°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
88°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
92°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
88°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
86°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
81°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
60°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
49°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
45°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m E
12am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 3 km/h NE (45°).

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