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Rippleside Pier

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rippleside Pier
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 237° · 20 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1023.6 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 W 17 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 16.9 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 4:00 am Low 6:30 am Low 9:26 am Low 3:00 pm Low 9:43 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
65
2h
Good
2:30 pm → 4:30 pm
60
2h
Good
2:00 am → 4:30 am
58
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
52
1h 30m
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
7:33 am
Moonset
10:29 pm
High tide
4:00 am
Low tide
6:30 am
Low tide
9:26 am
Low tide
3:00 pm
Low tide
9:43 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
☁️
10°
←︎
W
290°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
305°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
306°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
9°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
289°
14 km/h
5am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
285°
15 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
284°
17 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
283°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
272°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
254°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
242°
19 km/h
11am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
235°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
237°
20 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
20 km/h
2pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
236°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
211°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
211°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
203°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
196°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
198°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
209°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
229°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
9°
←︎
W
253°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.6 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h SW (237°).

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