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Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 90° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1026.8 hPa 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 50 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:04 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 5:25 am Low 11:10 am High 5:09 pm Low 11:12 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 8:00 am
69
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
61
2h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
11:25 am
Moonset
2:04 am
High tide
5:25 am
Low tide
11:10 am
High tide
5:09 pm
Low tide
11:12 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
92°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
15°
→︎
E
90°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
75°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
62°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
34°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
18°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
12°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
3°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
8°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
4°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
19 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
7°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
9°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
12°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
15°
10 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
358°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
78°
5 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
109°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
103°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
100°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
86°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
64°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Now
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h E (90°).

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