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Portarlington Pier

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portarlington Pier
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 166° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 8 s SW Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1031.5 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 S 16 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 4:27 am Low 9:45 am High 12:50 pm Low 9:30 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 → 7:30 am
60
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
57
2h
Good
4:00 am → 4:30 am
47
30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
8:07 am
Moonset
11:30 pm
High tide
4:27 am
Low tide
9:45 am
High tide
12:50 pm
Low tide
9:30 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°
↓︎
S
193°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
191°
21 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
190°
19 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
189°
19 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
186°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
179°
18 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
179°
16 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
181°
17 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
181°
18 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
175°
20 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
169°
21 km/h
11am
🌧️
12°
↓︎
S
167°
20 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
166°
19 km/h
1pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
168°
18 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
161°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
161°
18 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
156°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
149°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
148°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
146°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
141°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
145°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h S (166°).

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