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Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 235° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1026.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 46 out of 100 NE 4 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 5:43 am Low 11:31 am High 5:23 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
60
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
59
3h
Good
11:30 am → 12:00 pm
47
30m
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
11:20 am
Moonset
2:01 am
High tide
5:43 am
Low tide
11:31 am
High tide
5:23 pm
Low tide
11:31 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
☀️
12°
→︎
E
78°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
73°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
75°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
71°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
69°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
69°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
65°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
56°
3 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
45°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
50°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
297°
2 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
247°
4 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
235°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
211°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
199°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
187°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
166°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
138°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
121°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
111°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
99°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
82°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
74°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
64°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.5 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
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
14.7°
Fri
16 Oct
14.9°
Sat
17 Oct
15.3°
Sun
18 Oct
15.4°
Mon
19 Oct
15.9°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.0°
Fri
23 Oct
16.5°
Sat
24 Oct
16.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h SW (235°).

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