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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 53° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1029.7 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 4:30 pm
Solunar 95 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Evening
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 13 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.9 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 4:41 am Low 10:43 am High 4:11 pm Low 10:17 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 pm → 5:30 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
4:00 am → 7:30 am
58
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
1h 30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
8:44 am
Moonset
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High tide
4:41 am
Low tide
10:43 am
High tide
4:11 pm
Low tide
10:17 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
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
118°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
98°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
118°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
123°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
123°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
124°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
122°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
114°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
103°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
70°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
49°
15 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
47°
15 km/h
12pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
53°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
70°
12 km/h
2pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
88°
11 km/h
3pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
93°
11 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
86°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
82°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
75°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
82°
16 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
97°
18 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
89°
23 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
88°
21 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
79°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NE (53°).

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