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St Leonards Pier

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 St Leonards Pier
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 102° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 7 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1029.2 hPa → steady Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 5:05 am Low 10:54 am High 4:30 pm Low 10:47 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
73
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
1h
Good
10:30 am → 11:30 am
46
1h
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
10:28 am
Moonset
1:19 am
High tide
5:05 am
Low tide
10:54 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
10:47 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
22 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
71°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
53°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
6°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
360°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
5°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
9°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
56°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
9 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
79°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
90°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
105°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
130°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
140°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
128°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
123°
20 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
112°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
102°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h E (102°).

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