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Rippleside Pier

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Rainy Wind: S 159° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1031.6 hPa → steady Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 4:00 am
Solunar 82 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 4:47 am Low 10:15 am High 12:26 pm Low 3:00 pm Low 10:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 am → 5:00 am
55
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
49
1h
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
8:08 am
Moonset
11:31 pm
High tide
4:47 am
Low tide
10:15 am
High tide
12:26 pm
Low tide
3:00 pm
Low tide
10:00 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
☁️
9°
←︎
W
258°
9 km/h
1am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
252°
8 km/h
2am
☁️
9°
↙︎
SW
236°
7 km/h
3am
☁️
9°
↙︎
SW
213°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
199°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
190°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
201°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
↙︎
SW
221°
7 km/h
8am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
209°
7 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
175°
10 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
163°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
164°
15 km/h
12pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
15 km/h
1pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
161°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
158°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
156°
15 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
155°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
153°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
143°
14 km/h
8pm
☁️
11°
↘︎
SE
145°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
145°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
147°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
149°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.6 → 1.2 m SW
12am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h S (159°).

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