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Venus Bay Beach (No. 1 Beach)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Venus Bay Beach (No. 1 Beach)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 72° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1028.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 91 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 25 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 4:31 am Low 10:23 am High 4:18 pm Low 10:25 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
59
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
1h
Good
10:00 am → 10:30 am
48
30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:00 pm
47
1h
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
9:28 am
Moonset
12:25 am
High tide
4:31 am
Low tide
10:23 am
High tide
4:18 pm
Low tide
10:25 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
79°
19 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
80°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
81°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
79°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
75°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
70°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
72°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
71°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
69°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
64°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
64°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
69°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
72°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
91°
9 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
115°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
119°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
124°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
123°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
122°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
115°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
111°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
99°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
87°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
→︎
E
85°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.4 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (72°).

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