Is Seaford Pier good for fishing?

Yes — salmon are the most reliable target, with garfish, whiting, flounder and calamari over the weed and rubble and the occasional snapper on a long cast.

Do you have to pay for parking at Seaford Pier?

Yes, the foreshore car park is paid, so bring a card or the app.

When is the best time to catch salmon at Seaford?

March to September, and particularly after a big onshore blow, which can fire salmon up around the pier. Salmon are 21 cm minimum.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Seaford Pier

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

Forecast updated 1:11pm AEDT

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Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 224° · 29 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1023.8 hPa ↑ rising Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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Low Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 3:00 am

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Time of day Night

Tide Moving

Wind NW 21 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 15.8 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:11 am Last light 8:01 pm

High 4:15 am Low 9:00 am High 11:12 am Low 9:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

2:30 am → 3:30 am

Good

6:30 am → 7:00 am

30m

First light

6:11 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:37 am

Sunset

7:34 pm

Moonrise

7:30 am

Moonset

10:26 pm

High tide

4:15 am

Low tide

9:00 am

High tide

11:12 am

Low tide

9:30 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

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13°

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267°

27 km/h

1am

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13°

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280°

26 km/h

2am

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12°

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290°

22 km/h

3am

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12°

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301°

21 km/h

4am

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12°

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309°

22 km/h

5am

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12°

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303°

22 km/h

6am

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11°

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301°

22 km/h

7am

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11°

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294°

20 km/h

8am

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12°

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277°

24 km/h

9am

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12°

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271°

27 km/h

10am

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13°

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241°

26 km/h

11am

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13°

↙︎

226°

30 km/h

12pm

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13°

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224°

29 km/h

1pm

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13°

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226°

29 km/h

2pm

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13°

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223°

28 km/h

3pm

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13°

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218°

27 km/h

4pm

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13°

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211°

27 km/h

5pm

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13°

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211°

28 km/h

6pm

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12°

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208°

28 km/h

7pm

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12°

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208°

27 km/h

8pm

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12°

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209°

23 km/h

9pm

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12°

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199°

22 km/h

10pm

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12°

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196°

21 km/h

11pm

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12°

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194°

20 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.5 m SW

12am

0.3 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

1am

0.4 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

2am

0.4 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

chop

3am

0.4 m

@ 6 s

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Calm

chop

4am

Calm

5am

Calm

6am

Calm

7am

0.4 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

8am

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

9am

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

10am

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

11am

0.5 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

12pm

0.5 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

1pm

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

2pm

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

3pm

0.4 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

4pm

0.5 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

5pm

0.5 m

@ 9 s

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Calm

6pm

0.5 m

@ 8 s

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Calm

7pm

0.5 m

@ 7 s

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Calm

chop

8pm

Calm

9pm

Calm

10pm

Calm

11pm

Calm

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h SW (224°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

2:30 am → 3:30 am

Good

6:30 am → 7:00 am

30m

First light

6:11 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:37 am

Sunset

7:34 pm

Moonrise

7:30 am

Moonset

10:26 pm

High tide

4:15 am

Low tide

9:00 am

High tide

11:12 am

Low tide

9:30 pm

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

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