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Rye Pier

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Rye Pier
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 3° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.8 °C Pressure: 1017.5 hPa → steady Faces north · Offshore: SE, S, SW · Onshore: NW, N, NE · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
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 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 E 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 73 out of 100 16.8 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:12 pm
Low 1:14 am High 8:14 am Low 2:00 pm High 8:20 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 10:30 pm
63
3h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
3:34 pm
Moonset
4:08 am
Low tide
1:14 am
High tide
8:14 am
Low tide
2:00 pm
High tide
8:20 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
76°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
53°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
26°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
20°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
8°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
5°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
3°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
2°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
2°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
1°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
1°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
6°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
22°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
61°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
84°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
81°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
72°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
63°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.4 → 1.7 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.6 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
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h N (3°).

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