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Venus Bay Beach (No. 1 Beach)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Venus Bay Beach (No. 1 Beach)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 91° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 81 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 7 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

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:01 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 5:09 am Low 11:00 am High 4:54 pm Low 10:58 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
70
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
51
3h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
46
1h
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
10:21 am
Moonset
1:16 am
High tide
5:09 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
4:54 pm
Low tide
10:58 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
78°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
76°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
75°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
66°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
58°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
44°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
53°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
56°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
72°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
45°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
213°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
229°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
218°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
203°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
199°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
191°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
161°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
133°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
117°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
115°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
112°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
108°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
100°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
→︎
E
91°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h E (91°).

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