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Portarlington Pier

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portarlington Pier
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 25° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1016.4 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 17 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:12 pm
Low 1:24 am High 7:55 am Low 2:20 pm High 7:55 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
59
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 11:30 pm
58
4h
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
55
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
46
1h
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
3:35 pm
Moonset
4:08 am
Low tide
1:24 am
High tide
7:55 am
Low tide
2:20 pm
High tide
7:55 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
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
18°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
11°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
17 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
3°
19 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
13°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
22°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
25°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↗︎
NE
23°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
22°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
23°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
23°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
23°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
27°
↗︎
NE
23°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
17°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
328°
2 km/h
9pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
3°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
356°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
351°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 12 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
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NE (25°).

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