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Safety Beach

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Safety Beach
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 351° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.8 °C Pressure: 1020.5 hPa → steady Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 46 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter 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 6:00 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 12:30 am High 7:08 am Low 1:08 pm High 6:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
69
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 9:30 am
52
3h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:00 pm
45
30m
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
1:27 pm
Moonset
3:13 am
Low tide
12:30 am
High tide
7:08 am
Low tide
1:08 pm
High tide
6:30 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
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
42°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
28°
11 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
14°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
360°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
357°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
360°
24 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
25 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
357°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
352°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
25 km/h
12pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
351°
25 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
352°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
343°
21 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
247°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
276°
7 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
301°
5 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
7 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
20°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
32°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
45°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
53°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.0°
Sun
18 Oct
16.4°
Mon
19 Oct
16.4°
Tue
20 Oct
16.8°
Wed
21 Oct
17.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.5°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Sat
24 Oct
17.3°
Sun
25 Oct
17.4°
Mon
26 Oct
17.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h N (351°).

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