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Smiths Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Smiths Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 318° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 78 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 5:00 am Low 10:48 am High 4:44 pm Low 10:48 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
68
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
48
1h
Good
10:30 am → 11:00 am
45
30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
10:24 am
Moonset
1:18 am
High tide
5:00 am
Low tide
10:48 am
High tide
4:44 pm
Low tide
10:48 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
76°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
67°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
53°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
46°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
42°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
33°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
6°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
2°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
344°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
320°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
318°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
20°
←︎
W
292°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
170°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
149°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
136°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
130°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
128°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
127°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
131°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
120°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
113°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
102°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
87°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h NW (318°).

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