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Rippleside Pier

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 262° · 21 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.1 °C Pressure: 1014.7 hPa ↑ rising Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 16 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 90 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 W 15 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 75 out of 100 17.1 °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 6:15 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 3:45 am High 6:24 am Low 8:24 am High 11:00 am Low 1:24 pm Low 9:07 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
69
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 10:30 pm
56
3h
Good
1:30 am → 3:30 am
55
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:15 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
7:03 am
Moonset
9:25 pm
High tide
3:45 am
High tide
6:24 am
Low tide
8:24 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
1:24 pm
Low tide
9:07 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
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
346°
24 km/h
1am
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
301°
14 km/h
2am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
242°
16 km/h
3am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
290°
18 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
288°
16 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
292°
16 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
292°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
276°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
247°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
252°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
261°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
266°
21 km/h
12pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
262°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
251°
20 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
259°
26 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
254°
25 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
253°
24 km/h
5pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
258°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
252°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
249°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
241°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
245°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
←︎
W
258°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
269°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h W (262°).

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