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Rippleside Pier

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 294° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1007.6 hPa ↑ rising Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 36 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 W 15 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 6:18 am Last light 8:01 pm
Low 3:16 am High 9:13 am Low 3:45 pm High 9:27 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 → 8:00 am
73
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
68
2h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:30 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
48
1h 30m
First light
6:18 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
6:11 am
Moonset
7:15 pm
Low tide
3:16 am
High tide
9:13 am
Low tide
3:45 pm
High tide
9:27 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
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
304°
15 km/h
1am
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
317°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
301°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
288°
17 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
278°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
279°
17 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
286°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
290°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
297°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
301°
17 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
284°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
291°
21 km/h
12pm
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
294°
23 km/h
1pm
☁️
19°
←︎
W
291°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
19°
←︎
W
290°
24 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
292°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
294°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
280°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
276°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
308°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
308°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
296°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
280°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h NW (294°).

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