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St Leonards Pier

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 St Leonards Pier
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 8° · 26 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1009.4 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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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 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 S 18 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 8:13 pm
Low 2:00 am High 9:00 am Low 2:45 pm High 8:51 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
60
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 11:30 am
47
1h
Good
4:30 pm → 5:30 pm
47
1h
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
4:40 pm
Moonset
4:32 am
Low tide
2:00 am
High tide
9:00 am
Low tide
2:45 pm
High tide
8:51 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
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
15°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
4°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
356°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
360°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
23 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
25 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
9°
26 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
10°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
10°
25 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
8°
26 km/h
1pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
4°
26 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
359°
24 km/h
3pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
350°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
14 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
307°
12 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
192°
15 km/h
7pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
196°
17 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
201°
18 km/h
9pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
205°
19 km/h
10pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
210°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
214°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
17.2°
Mon
26 Oct
17.2°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h N (8°).

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