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Portsea Back Beach (Portsea Ocean Beach)

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portsea Back Beach (Portsea Ocean Beach)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 296° · 24 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.5 °C Pressure: 1007.5 hPa ↑ rising Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 33 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 W 22 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.5 °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 6:17 am Last light 8:00 pm
Low 5:12 am High 11:53 am Low 5:47 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
61
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
12:00 pm → 1:00 pm
48
1h
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
47
1h 30m
First light
6:17 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:43 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
6:10 am
Moonset
7:13 pm
Low tide
5:12 am
High tide
11:53 am
Low tide
5:47 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
297°
19 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
319°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
337°
21 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
319°
19 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
300°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
287°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
286°
22 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
291°
22 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
296°
25 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
300°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
296°
27 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
296°
26 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
296°
24 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
295°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
287°
23 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
287°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
289°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
292°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
291°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
290°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
295°
21 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
299°
18 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
294°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
236°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.5 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h NW (296°).

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