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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 60° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1028.4 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 54 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 71 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:05 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 5:08 am Low 10:53 am High 4:33 pm Low 10:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
72
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 6:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 10:00 am
45
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
9:31 am
Moonset
12:26 am
High tide
5:08 am
Low tide
10:53 am
High tide
4:33 pm
Low tide
10:40 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
☁️
13°
→︎
E
72°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
69°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
57°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
57°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
59°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
47°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
41°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
44°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
56°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
50°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
46°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
60°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
116°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
141°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
155°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
155°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
157°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
149°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
137°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
126°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
109°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
92°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
81°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 10 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
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h NE (60°).

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