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Smiths Beach

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Smiths Beach
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 233° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.9 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1014.7 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous 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 5:53 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 3:34 am High 10:00 am Low 4:17 pm High 10:56 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 7:00 am
56
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
54
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
48
1h 30m
First light
5:53 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
5:44 pm
Moonset
4:53 am
Low tide
3:34 am
High tide
10:00 am
Low tide
4:17 pm
High tide
10:56 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
235°
22 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
239°
20 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
18 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
255°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
263°
15 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
269°
14 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
269°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
265°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
260°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
253°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
240°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
224°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
216°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
210°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
204°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
200°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
196°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
193°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
187°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
177°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
161°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
141°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 2.0 → 2.4 m SW
12am
2.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.4° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h SW (233°).

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