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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 335° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 18.5 °C Pressure: 1007.5 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 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 72 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 W 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 84 out of 100 18.5 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 1:23 am High 7:53 am Low 1:53 pm High 7:43 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
62
2h
Good
4:30 am → 7:30 am
62
3h
Good
10:00 pm → 12:00 am
54
2h
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
53
1h 30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
4:37 pm
Moonset
4:30 am
Low tide
1:23 am
High tide
7:53 am
Low tide
1:53 pm
High tide
7:43 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
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
41°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
34°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
25°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
12°
11 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
12 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
344°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
339°
17 km/h
8am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
337°
20 km/h
9am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
335°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
334°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
334°
25 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
335°
25 km/h
1pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
337°
24 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
22 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
343°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
345°
18 km/h
5pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
7pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
312°
9 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
278°
9 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
253°
12 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
242°
16 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
239°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h NW (335°).

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