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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 241° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1014.2 hPa ↑ rising Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 21 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 2:56 am Low 10:00 am High 2:44 pm Low 9:09 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 → 8:00 am
69
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
58
3h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
2:00 am → 3:00 am
48
1h
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
6:58 am
Moonset
9:21 pm
High tide
2:56 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
2:44 pm
Low tide
9:09 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
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
351°
28 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
348°
29 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
341°
31 km/h
3am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
313°
27 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
296°
12 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
304°
10 km/h
6am
🌧️
15°
↑︎
N
358°
12 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
329°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
297°
11 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
281°
13 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
244°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
243°
23 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
241°
21 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
22 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
245°
19 km/h
3pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
225°
23 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
224°
22 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
227°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
229°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
233°
14 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
229°
8 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
310°
9 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
283°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
266°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h SW (241°).

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