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Princes Pier

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Princes Pier
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 2° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 8 s S Water: 17.0 °C Pressure: 1022.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 93 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
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 74 out of 100 17.0 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:24 am Low 12:26 pm High 5:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
76
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:00 am
61
3h 30m
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
12:27 pm
Moonset
2:40 am
High tide
6:24 am
Low tide
12:26 pm
High tide
5:40 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
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
14°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
18°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
21°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
20°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
23°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
15°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
15°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
12°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
20 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
6°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
359°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
357°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
3°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
8°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
13°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
15°
19 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
21°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
31°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
21°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
26°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8am
0.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
3pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
16.1°
Sat
17 Oct
16.5°
Sun
18 Oct
16.9°
Mon
19 Oct
17.0°
Tue
20 Oct
17.2°
Wed
21 Oct
17.6°
Thu
22 Oct
18.1°
Fri
23 Oct
18.1°
Sat
24 Oct
17.8°
Sun
25 Oct
18.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (2°).

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