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Waratah Bay Beach

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
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Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 247° · 30 km/h Swell: 2.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.5 °C Pressure: 1022.3 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 3:00 am
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 71 out of 100 NW 27 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.5 °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 6:06 am Last light 7:58 pm
High 2:44 am Low 8:51 am High 2:31 pm Low 8:48 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:30 am → 4:00 am
55
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
51
1h
Good
6:30 am → 7:30 am
47
1h
First light
6:06 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
7:24 am
Moonset
10:24 pm
High tide
2:44 am
Low tide
8:51 am
High tide
2:31 pm
Low tide
8:48 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
279°
25 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
292°
24 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
300°
24 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
306°
27 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
307°
28 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
304°
28 km/h
6am
🌧️
10°
↖︎
NW
296°
26 km/h
7am
🌧️
10°
←︎
W
285°
27 km/h
8am
🌧️
11°
←︎
W
270°
30 km/h
9am
🌧️
12°
←︎
W
253°
35 km/h
10am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
250°
34 km/h
11am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
246°
30 km/h
12pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
247°
30 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
246°
30 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
245°
29 km/h
3pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
242°
29 km/h
4pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
236°
28 km/h
5pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
237°
28 km/h
6pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
232°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
225°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
230°
18 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
225°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
218°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
219°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.4 → 2.3 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
3am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
4am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
5am
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
9pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
10pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
11pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 30 km/h SW (247°).

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