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Rippleside Pier

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 13° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1018.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 18.8 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:12 pm
Low 12:38 am High 7:00 am Low 1:50 pm High 7:00 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 → 10:30 pm
72
3h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:30 pm
52
2h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
49
1h 30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
2:33 pm
Moonset
3:44 am
Low tide
12:38 am
High tide
7:00 am
Low tide
1:50 pm
High tide
7:00 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
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
360°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
307°
1 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
221°
2 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
221°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
239°
1 km/h
6am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
108°
1 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
86°
3 km/h
8am
☁️
17°
→︎
E
77°
4 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
62°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
46°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
30°
6 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
13°
7 km/h
1pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
359°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
351°
9 km/h
3pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
351°
11 km/h
4pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
354°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
356°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
1°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
10°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
15°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
330°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
17.7°
Mon
19 Oct
17.9°
Tue
20 Oct
18.4°
Wed
21 Oct
18.8°
Thu
22 Oct
19.1°
Fri
23 Oct
19.2°
Sat
24 Oct
18.9°
Sun
25 Oct
19.0°
Mon
26 Oct
19.0°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h N (13°).

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