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Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 332° · 25 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s W Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1020.3 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 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 5:57 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 12:10 am High 6:54 am Low 12:39 pm High 6:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:30 pm
64
3h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
55
2h
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
1:23 pm
Moonset
3:11 am
Low tide
12:10 am
High tide
6:54 am
Low tide
12:39 pm
High tide
6:30 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
43°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
34°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
33°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
30°
12 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
26°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
26°
10 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
19°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
355°
20 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
342°
24 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
332°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
326°
25 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
331°
25 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
335°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
330°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
273°
17 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
278°
10 km/h
7pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
348°
5 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
10 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
37°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m W
12am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h NW (332°).

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