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Portarlington Pier

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portarlington Pier
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 222° · 29 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1023.7 hPa ↑ rising Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 3:00 am
Solunar 94 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 55 out of 100 NW 22 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 3:48 am Low 9:00 am High 11:20 am Low 9:20 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:30 am → 4:00 am
51
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
49
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 7:30 am
48
1h
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
7:32 am
Moonset
10:28 pm
High tide
3:48 am
Low tide
9:00 am
High tide
11:20 am
Low tide
9:20 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
☀️
11°
←︎
W
285°
22 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
299°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
301°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
307°
22 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
298°
22 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
292°
24 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
288°
27 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
←︎
W
284°
24 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
284°
22 km/h
9am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
255°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
227°
25 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
221°
29 km/h
12pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
222°
29 km/h
1pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
217°
28 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
211°
31 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
212°
33 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
212°
33 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
210°
35 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
211°
32 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
213°
27 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
218°
25 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
209°
25 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
202°
23 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
196°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h SW (222°).

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