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Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Safety Beach
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 92° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1026.6 hPa Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 76 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 6:08 am Low 11:53 am High 5:20 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
72
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
70
3h
Good
11:30 am → 12:00 pm
45
30m
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
11:24 am
Moonset
2:03 am
High tide
6:08 am
Low tide
11:53 am
High tide
5:20 pm
Low tide
11:55 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
☀️
15°
→︎
E
99°
11 km/h
Now
☀️
14°
→︎
E
92°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
77°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
63°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
29°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
358°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
353°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
347°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
342°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
344°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
341°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
338°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
338°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
336°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
335°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
337°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
337°
5 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
140°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
142°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
127°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
105°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
80°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
65°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h E (92°).

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