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Smiths Beach

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Smiths Beach
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 79° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1027.1 hPa Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:36 am Low 11:22 am High 5:17 pm Low 11:22 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 8:00 am
70
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
50
1h
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
11:22 am
Moonset
2:03 am
High tide
5:36 am
Low tide
11:22 am
High tide
5:17 pm
Low tide
11:22 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
88°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
14°
→︎
E
79°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
66°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
45°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
9°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
7°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
6°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
353°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
347°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
343°
19 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
338°
19 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
330°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
323°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
310°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
142°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
131°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
117°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
107°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
91°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
69°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Now
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
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
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 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: 6 km/h E (79°).

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