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Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 6° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1022.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 94 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 71 out of 100 N 22 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:09 pm
High 6:00 am Low 11:43 am High 5:40 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
61
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:30 am
61
3h
Good
12:00 pm → 12:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
12:26 pm
Moonset
2:42 am
High tide
6:00 am
Low tide
11:43 am
High tide
5:40 pm
Low tide
11:49 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
57°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
47°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
33°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
23°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
23°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
19°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
17°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
12°
19 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
12°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
6°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
6°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
11°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
14°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
13°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
15°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
17°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
33°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 1.0 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
14.9°
Sat
17 Oct
15.3°
Sun
18 Oct
15.6°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
Tue
20 Oct
16.0°
Wed
21 Oct
16.4°
Thu
22 Oct
16.8°
Fri
23 Oct
16.5°
Sat
24 Oct
15.9°
Sun
25 Oct
16.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h N (6°).

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