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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 339° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1019.4 hPa ↓ falling 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 80 out of 100 17.9 °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 8:09 pm
Low 12:08 am High 6:53 am Low 1:00 pm High 6:07 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 → 10:30 pm
69
4h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
55
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
2:29 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:08 am
High tide
6:53 am
Low tide
1:00 pm
High tide
6:07 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
35°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
32°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
28°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
30°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
38°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
45°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
27°
2 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
10°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
348°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
339°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
332°
16 km/h
3pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
332°
14 km/h
4pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
337°
11 km/h
5pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
344°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
354°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
5°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
19°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
37°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
49°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
53°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (339°).

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