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Tankerton Jetty (French Island)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tankerton Jetty (French Island)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 335° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1016.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 12:44 am High 7:26 am Low 1:38 pm High 6:53 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 → 11:30 pm
70
4h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
63
2h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
3:33 pm
Moonset
4:06 am
Low tide
12:44 am
High tide
7:26 am
Low tide
1:38 pm
High tide
6:53 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
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
50°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
36°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
28°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
21°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
19°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
18°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
12°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
343°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
336°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
337°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
339°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
340°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
341°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
346°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
359°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
19°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
33°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
29°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
38°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
42°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 11 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
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
18.4°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NW (335°).

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