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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 213° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1027.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 78 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:04 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 5:36 am Low 11:22 am High 4:51 pm Low 11:05 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
82
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
3h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
48
1h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
10:25 am
Moonset
1:17 am
High tide
5:36 am
Low tide
11:22 am
High tide
4:51 pm
Low tide
11:05 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
☁️
14°
→︎
E
76°
11 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
55°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
52°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
50°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
48°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
33°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
10°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
356°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
325°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
322°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
318°
11 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
309°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
213°
4 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
171°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
158°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
147°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
140°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
140°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
148°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
146°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
134°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
110°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
99°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.3 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
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.4°
Wed
14 Oct
16.1°
Thu
15 Oct
15.9°
Fri
16 Oct
16.0°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SW (213°).

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