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Smiths Beach

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Smiths Beach
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 339° · 26 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1019.5 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 12:35 am High 7:27 am Low 1:20 pm High 7:17 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
65
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
61
2h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
45
30m
Good
12:30 am → 1:00 am
45
30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
2:29 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:35 am
High tide
7:27 am
Low tide
1:20 pm
High tide
7:17 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
52°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
76°
5 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
360°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
27°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
13°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
355°
23 km/h
10am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
351°
25 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
343°
27 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
339°
26 km/h
1pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
333°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
327°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
314°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
268°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
199°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
156°
9 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
124°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
110°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
103°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
89°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.4 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
15.5°
Mon
19 Oct
15.8°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.2°
Thu
22 Oct
16.8°
Fri
23 Oct
16.4°
Sat
24 Oct
15.8°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Mon
26 Oct
16.3°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h N (339°).

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