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Venus Bay Beach (No. 1 Beach)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 252° · 29 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1013.8 hPa ↑ rising Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 34 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 16 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.8 °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 6:09 am Last light 7:58 pm
High 1:40 am Low 7:41 am High 1:43 pm Low 7:55 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
61
2h
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
52
1h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
49
1h
First light
6:09 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
6:56 am
Moonset
9:20 pm
High tide
1:40 am
Low tide
7:41 am
High tide
1:43 pm
Low tide
7:55 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
24 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
27 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
339°
30 km/h
3am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
313°
30 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
278°
22 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
317°
13 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
318°
21 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
309°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
295°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
285°
20 km/h
10am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
253°
24 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
249°
28 km/h
12pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
252°
29 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
250°
28 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
250°
28 km/h
3pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
245°
32 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
28 km/h
5pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
25 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
246°
26 km/h
7pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
23 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
253°
24 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
253°
27 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
258°
25 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
268°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.1 → 1.6 m SW
12am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h W (252°).

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