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St Leonards Pier

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 St Leonards Pier
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 40° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1026.3 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 7:30 pm
Solunar 71 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 56 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 70 out of 100 16.3 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 5:37 am Low 11:30 am High 5:10 pm Low 11:28 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
64
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 8:00 am
64
2h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
11:26 am
Moonset
2:04 am
High tide
5:37 am
Low tide
11:30 am
High tide
5:10 pm
Low tide
11:28 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
☀️
16°
→︎
E
92°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
59°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
68°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
85°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
30°
1 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
355°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
351°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
40°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
42°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
47°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
61°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
81°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
89°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
76°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
77°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
104°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
99°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
88°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
67°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
15.4°
Fri
16 Oct
15.6°
Sat
17 Oct
16.0°
Sun
18 Oct
16.3°
Mon
19 Oct
16.5°
Tue
20 Oct
16.8°
Wed
21 Oct
17.1°
Thu
22 Oct
17.5°
Fri
23 Oct
17.2°
Sat
24 Oct
16.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NE (40°).

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