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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 340° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.4 °C Pressure: 1020.3 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 48 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 77 out of 100 17.4 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:40 am Low 12:23 pm High 5:33 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 → 9:30 pm
71
2h
Good
5:30 am → 9:30 am
63
4h
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
47
30m
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
1:26 pm
Moonset
3:12 am
High tide
6:40 am
Low tide
12:23 pm
High tide
5:33 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
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
36°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
30°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
11°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
8°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
2°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
356°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
349°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
343°
25 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
24 km/h
1pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
334°
22 km/h
3pm
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
327°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
298°
20 km/h
5pm
🌧️
22°
↙︎
SW
246°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
259°
4 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
7°
6 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
33°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
37°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.4°
Sun
18 Oct
16.9°
Mon
19 Oct
17.2°
Tue
20 Oct
17.4°
Wed
21 Oct
17.9°
Thu
22 Oct
18.4°
Fri
23 Oct
18.5°
Sat
24 Oct
18.3°
Sun
25 Oct
18.5°
Mon
26 Oct
18.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h N (340°).

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