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Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 302° · 7 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1019.8 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 70 out of 100 16.3 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 12:44 am High 7:30 am Low 1:25 pm High 7:17 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 → 10:00 pm
67
3h
Good
5:30 am → 10:00 am
58
4h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
49
1h
Good
12:30 am → 1:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
2:26 pm
Moonset
3:39 am
Low tide
12:44 am
High tide
7:30 am
Low tide
1:25 pm
High tide
7:17 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
20°
6 km/h
6am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
28°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
36°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
38°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
28°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
345°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
301°
5 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
302°
7 km/h
1pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
310°
9 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
315°
10 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
315°
9 km/h
4pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
314°
6 km/h
5pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
328°
3 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
60°
4 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
81°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
83°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
77°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
66°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.2 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.4°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h NW (302°).

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