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Fishermans Beach (Torquay)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Fishermans Beach (Torquay)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 36° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s S Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1027.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 87 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 54 out of 100 N 4 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:09 pm
High 4:45 am Low 10:30 am High 4:29 pm Low 10:29 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
1h
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
10:29 am
Moonset
1:21 am
High tide
4:45 am
Low tide
10:30 am
High tide
4:29 pm
Low tide
10:29 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
16°
→︎
E
76°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
39°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
341°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
38°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
46°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
26°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
350°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
347°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
359°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
8°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
9°
11 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
10°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
Now
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
55°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
67°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
77°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
89°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
114°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
113°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
101°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
95°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
88°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
76°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SE
12am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
Now
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
14.6°
Thu
15 Oct
14.8°
Fri
16 Oct
14.9°
Sat
17 Oct
15.3°
Sun
18 Oct
15.6°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.2°
Thu
22 Oct
16.7°
Fri
23 Oct
15.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NE (36°).

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