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Waratah Bay Beach

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 172° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.4 °C Pressure: 1031.1 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 3:30 am
Solunar 87 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 85 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 58 out of 100 14.4 °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 6:04 am Last light 7:59 pm
High 3:21 am Low 9:25 am High 3:11 pm Low 9:24 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 am → 4:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 4:30 pm
50
1h
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
47
30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
7:59 am
Moonset
11:26 pm
High tide
3:21 am
Low tide
9:25 am
High tide
3:11 pm
Low tide
9:24 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
217°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
214°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
212°
16 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
209°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
207°
14 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
196°
12 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
197°
10 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
184°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
183°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
177°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
174°
15 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
171°
15 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
172°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
171°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
168°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
169°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
172°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
178°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
172°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
11°
↓︎
S
158°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
9°
↓︎
S
158°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
150°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
137°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
121°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.2 → 1.5 m W
12am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
1am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h S (172°).

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