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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 244° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 7 s SW Water: 18.3 °C Pressure: 1015.2 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 W 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.3 °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 5:54 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 3:00 am High 8:30 am Low 4:10 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
64
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
63
2h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h
First light
5:54 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
5:44 pm
Moonset
4:53 am
Low tide
3:00 am
High tide
8:30 am
Low tide
4:10 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
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
241°
19 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
248°
18 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
259°
17 km/h
3am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
271°
16 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
282°
16 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
287°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
287°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
284°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
278°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
271°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
263°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
254°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
244°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
221°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
213°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
205°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
200°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
194°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
185°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
171°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
147°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
121°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
→︎
E
104°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 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
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h SW (244°).

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