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Portarlington Pier

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 258° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1014.5 hPa ↑ rising 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 17 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 11 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 3:00 am Low 6:00 am Low 8:10 am High 11:40 am Low 8:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
64
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
53
2h
Good
2:30 am → 3:30 am
49
1h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:00 pm
47
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
7:02 am
Moonset
9:23 pm
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
6:00 am
Low tide
8:10 am
High tide
11:40 am
Low tide
8:40 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
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
37 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
30 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
←︎
W
263°
20 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
285°
18 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
326°
12 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
297°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
260°
12 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
265°
14 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
265°
15 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
261°
18 km/h
11am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
258°
21 km/h
12pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
258°
23 km/h
1pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
251°
28 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
260°
27 km/h
3pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
228°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
237°
20 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
259°
27 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
258°
23 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
252°
22 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
249°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
25 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
258°
21 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
263°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h W (258°).

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