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Waratah Bay Beach

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 87° · 20 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.5 °C Pressure: 1029.1 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 89 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 27 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 E 17 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:01 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 4:39 am Low 10:31 am High 4:23 pm Low 10:36 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
58
2h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 5:30 pm
48
1h
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
9:26 am
Moonset
12:24 am
High tide
4:39 am
Low tide
10:31 am
High tide
4:23 pm
Low tide
10:36 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
72°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
72°
23 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
74°
22 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
71°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
71°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
74°
17 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
74°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
77°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
80°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
83°
19 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
83°
20 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
83°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
87°
20 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
20 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
91°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
103°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
101°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
106°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
109°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
100°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
93°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
88°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
88°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.9 → 0.5 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h E (87°).

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