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Portarlington Pier

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portarlington Pier
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 23° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 17.6 °C Pressure: 1020.1 hPa → steady 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 45 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 78 out of 100 17.6 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 12:09 am High 6:48 am Low 12:53 pm High 6:14 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 → 9:30 pm
67
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 2:00 pm
46
30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
1:29 pm
Moonset
3:14 am
Low tide
12:09 am
High tide
6:48 am
Low tide
12:53 pm
High tide
6:14 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
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
9°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
10°
20 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
23 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
24 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
25 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
27 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
9°
28 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
9°
28 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
29 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
9°
28 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
18°
28 km/h
12pm
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
23°
25 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
23°
22 km/h
2pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
11°
13 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↙︎
SW
236°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
303°
12 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
14°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
9 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
25°
12 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
28°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
27°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.6°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h NE (23°).

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