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Waratah Bay Beach

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 322° · 8 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 10 s W Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1019.9 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 5:54 am Last light 8:07 pm
Low 12:51 am High 7:32 am Low 1:30 pm High 7:19 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:00 pm
67
3h
Good
5:30 am → 10:00 am
59
4h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:30 pm
47
1h 30m
First light
5:54 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
2:25 pm
Moonset
3:38 am
Low tide
12:51 am
High tide
7:32 am
Low tide
1:30 pm
High tide
7:19 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
27°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
32°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
29°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
23°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
23°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
19°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
346°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
332°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
322°
8 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
304°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
←︎
W
277°
3 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
204°
2 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↘︎
SE
141°
4 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
122°
7 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
91°
14 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
83°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
79°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
75°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
65°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
9am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
10am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
11am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
12pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Slight
9pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h NW (322°).

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