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Smiths Beach

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Smiths Beach
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 348° · 29 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1020.0 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 48 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 12:00 am High 6:48 am Low 12:31 pm High 6:26 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
66
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
55
2h
Good
12:00 am → 12:30 am
46
30m
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
1:26 pm
Moonset
3:13 am
Low tide
12:00 am
High tide
6:48 am
Low tide
12:31 pm
High tide
6:26 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
16°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
13°
18 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
12°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
7°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
21 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
23 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
25 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
360°
27 km/h
10am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
29 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
350°
29 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
348°
29 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
342°
29 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
341°
29 km/h
3pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
341°
27 km/h
4pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
22 km/h
5pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
333°
21 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
323°
26 km/h
7pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
38°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h N (348°).

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