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Waratah Bay Beach

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 258° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1026.9 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 57 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 5:50 am Low 11:40 am High 5:29 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
66
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
58
2h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
11:18 am
Moonset
2:01 am
High tide
5:50 am
Low tide
11:40 am
High tide
5:29 pm
Low tide
11:42 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
88°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
84°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
84°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
87°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
78°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
75°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
66°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
55°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
40°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
13°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
315°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
←︎
W
283°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
258°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
226°
6 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
187°
7 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
169°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
165°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
160°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
140°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
83°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
92°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
82°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
75°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h W (258°).

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