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Waratah Bay Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 203° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1028.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:00 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 5:16 am Low 11:10 am High 5:00 pm Low 11:09 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
3h
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
10:20 am
Moonset
1:16 am
High tide
5:16 am
Low tide
11:10 am
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:09 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
89°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
86°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
84°
14 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
86°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
87°
14 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
87°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
87°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
86°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
83°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
73°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
64°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
344°
3 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
222°
6 km/h
1pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
203°
8 km/h
Now
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
182°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
165°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
138°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
104°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
97°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
102°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
100°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
96°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
93°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
91°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Now
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
14.4°
Thu
15 Oct
14.4°
Fri
16 Oct
14.5°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h SW (203°).

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