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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 352° · 20 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1022.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 91 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 6:22 am Low 11:53 am High 5:09 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 → 9:30 pm
75
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:00 am
68
3h 30m
Good
12:00 pm → 12:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
12:24 pm
Moonset
2:40 am
High tide
6:22 am
Low tide
11:53 am
High tide
5:09 pm
Low tide
11:55 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
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
43°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
40°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
41°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
28°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
21°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
26°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
25°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
19°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
23°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
358°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
352°
20 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
345°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
341°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
343°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
347°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
347°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
349°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
2°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
14°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
33°
15 km/h
11pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
47°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
18.3°
Sun
25 Oct
18.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h N (352°).

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