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Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Back Beach (Rye Ocean Beach)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 3° · 30 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1009.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 55 out of 100 SW 21 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 5:57 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 2:14 am High 9:11 am Low 2:55 pm High 9:28 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
55
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
52
1h 30m
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
4:39 pm
Moonset
4:32 am
Low tide
2:14 am
High tide
9:11 am
Low tide
2:55 pm
High tide
9:28 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
50°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
18 km/h
2am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
12°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
23 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
24 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
357°
26 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
0°
27 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
28 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
29 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
2°
30 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
2°
30 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
3°
30 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
6°
29 km/h
2pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
5°
28 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
356°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
338°
20 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
321°
18 km/h
6pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
207°
18 km/h
7pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
210°
20 km/h
8pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
214°
21 km/h
9pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
219°
22 km/h
10pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
223°
22 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
227°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.8 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 30 km/h N (3°).

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