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Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Anderson Inlet Jetty (Venus Bay)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 326° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1007.7 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 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 5:52 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 2:19 am High 9:11 am Low 3:08 pm High 9:28 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
62
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
47
1h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
4:35 pm
Moonset
4:28 am
Low tide
2:19 am
High tide
9:11 am
Low tide
3:08 pm
High tide
9:28 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
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
47°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
45°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
33°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
20°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
348°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
337°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
332°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
328°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
327°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
326°
27 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
326°
28 km/h
1pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
327°
27 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
328°
26 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
22 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
327°
20 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
319°
18 km/h
7pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
303°
16 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
283°
16 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
266°
18 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
256°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
251°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.8 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h NW (326°).

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