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Portarlington Pier

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portarlington Pier
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 336° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 18.5 °C Pressure: 1007.1 hPa ↓ falling 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 84 out of 100 18.5 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 2:00 am High 8:45 am Low 2:36 pm High 8:37 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 → 12:00 am
69
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
52
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 5:00 pm
47
30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
4:40 pm
Moonset
4:32 am
Low tide
2:00 am
High tide
8:45 am
Low tide
2:36 pm
High tide
8:37 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
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
347°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
344°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
341°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
340°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
338°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
338°
20 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
337°
21 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
336°
23 km/h
9am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
335°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
335°
24 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
336°
24 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
338°
22 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
340°
21 km/h
3pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
342°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
343°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
339°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
327°
13 km/h
7pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
306°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
283°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
266°
16 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
258°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
254°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h NW (336°).

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