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Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 356° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1019.8 hPa → steady 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 12:27 am High 7:19 am Low 1:11 pm High 7:13 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
67
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
48
1h
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
48
1h
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
2:31 pm
Moonset
3:43 am
Low tide
12:27 am
High tide
7:19 am
Low tide
1:11 pm
High tide
7:13 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
58°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
66°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
81°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
96°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
70°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
42°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
14°
19 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
7°
23 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
24 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
359°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
355°
23 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
356°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
2°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
341°
5 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
229°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
206°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
179°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
127°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
121°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
115°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
101°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.9 → 1.3 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
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
9am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.1°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h N (356°).

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