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Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 347° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1023.3 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.9 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 6:18 am Low 12:00 pm High 6:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
65
2h
Good
5:30 am → 8:30 am
64
3h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
12:21 pm
Moonset
2:39 am
High tide
6:18 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
6:00 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
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
53°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
59°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
42°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
30°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
25°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
10°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
347°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
334°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
323°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
339°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
2°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
33°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
48°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 1.1 m W
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
16.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (347°).

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