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Portsea Back Beach (Portsea Ocean Beach)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Portsea Back Beach (Portsea Ocean Beach)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 359° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1028.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:06 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 4:48 am Low 10:35 am High 4:33 pm Low 10:34 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
66
2h
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
50
2h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
10:27 am
Moonset
1:20 am
High tide
4:48 am
Low tide
10:35 am
High tide
4:33 pm
Low tide
10:34 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
84°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
76°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
78°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
77°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
63°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
28°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
30°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
4°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
355°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
357°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
359°
15 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
355°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
120°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
118°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
114°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
113°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
114°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
111°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
104°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
97°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 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
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (359°).

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