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Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 340° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1028.5 hPa → steady Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 56 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 4:13 am Low 10:00 am High 4:00 pm Low 10:02 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
58
2h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
9:33 am
Moonset
12:28 am
High tide
4:13 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
4:00 pm
Low tide
10:02 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
90°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
89°
23 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
80°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
73°
18 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
76°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
79°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
74°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
61°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
57°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
42°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
340°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
310°
4 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
176°
3 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
154°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
134°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
130°
18 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
127°
20 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
117°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
110°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
107°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
100°
18 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.7 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h N (340°).

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