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Rippleside Pier

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 83° · 8 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1029.1 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 62 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 E 7 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:11 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:11 am Low 10:40 am High 1:49 pm Low 10:51 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:30 am
60
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
1h 30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
8:49 am
Moonset
—
High tide
5:11 am
Low tide
10:40 am
High tide
1:49 pm
Low tide
10:51 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°
↘︎
SE
146°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
114°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
111°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
107°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
116°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
117°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
8°
→︎
E
108°
7 km/h
7am
☁️
8°
↘︎
SE
119°
9 km/h
8am
☁️
10°
↘︎
SE
124°
9 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
109°
10 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
91°
8 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
6 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
83°
8 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
92°
8 km/h
2pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
88°
11 km/h
3pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
77°
13 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
84°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
91°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
93°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
100°
11 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
98°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
97°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
105°
16 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
112°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h E (83°).

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