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Waratah Bay Beach

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 335° · 21 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 11 s W Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1020.4 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 12:17 am High 7:00 am Low 12:47 pm High 6:32 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
62
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
55
2h
Good
12:00 am → 12:30 am
45
30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
1:22 pm
Moonset
3:10 am
Low tide
12:17 am
High tide
7:00 am
Low tide
12:47 pm
High tide
6:32 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
40°
11 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
21°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
6am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
1°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
1°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
354°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
348°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
324°
22 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
328°
22 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
333°
21 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
16 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
←︎
W
277°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
281°
6 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
34°
4 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
56°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
51°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
37°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
26°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m W
12am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
14.9°
Sun
18 Oct
15.1°
Mon
19 Oct
15.4°
Tue
20 Oct
15.3°
Wed
21 Oct
16.0°
Thu
22 Oct
16.6°
Fri
23 Oct
15.8°
Sat
24 Oct
15.4°
Sun
25 Oct
15.6°
Mon
26 Oct
15.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NW (335°).

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