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Waratah Bay Beach

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 319° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1016.8 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 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 73 out of 100 Turning
Wind 63 out of 100 E 18 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 5:53 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 1:32 am High 8:15 am Low 2:12 pm High 8:16 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 11:00 pm
59
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
59
1h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 11:00 am
52
2h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:30 am
48
1h 30m
First light
5:53 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
3:29 pm
Moonset
4:03 am
Low tide
1:32 am
High tide
8:15 am
Low tide
2:12 pm
High tide
8:16 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
52°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
25°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
21°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
17°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
13°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
9°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
353°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
330°
15 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
319°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
302°
10 km/h
2pm
🌧️
27°
←︎
W
284°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
27°
←︎
W
257°
5 km/h
4pm
🌧️
27°
↓︎
S
177°
4 km/h
5pm
🌧️
26°
↘︎
SE
133°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
106°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
87°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
77°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
73°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
62°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
56°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.6 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (319°).

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