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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: E 103° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1029.2 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★★☆
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 N 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

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

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
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

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
47°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
18°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
13°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
337°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
331°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
325°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
311°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
290°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
185°
4 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
156°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
150°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
150°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
155°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
161°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
158°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
136°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↘︎
SE
113°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
103°
7 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
2pm
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
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h E (103°).

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