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Rippleside Pier

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 47° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.7 °C Pressure: 1027.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 59 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 65 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 38 out of 100 NE 4 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.7 °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 6:09 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 5:40 am Low 11:00 am High 3:20 pm Low 11:12 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 6:30 pm
50
1h
First light
6:09 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
9:36 am
Moonset
12:29 am
High tide
5:40 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
3:20 pm
Low tide
11:12 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
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
117°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
120°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
128°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
148°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
146°
1 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
135°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
36°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
45°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
43°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
49°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
63°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
48°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
57°
13 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
70°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
70°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
68°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
92°
14 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
103°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
106°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
99°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
87°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
95°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.9 → 0.5 m SE
12am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NE (47°).

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