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Waratah Bay Beach

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 339° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s W Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1023.4 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 66 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 5:57 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 6:23 am Low 12:11 pm High 6:03 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:30 am
68
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
63
2h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
12:19 pm
Moonset
2:38 am
High tide
6:23 am
Low tide
12:11 pm
High tide
6:03 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
63°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
58°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
63°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
63°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
38°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
29°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
22°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
12°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
14°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
1°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
346°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
333°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
334°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
319°
9 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
333°
8 km/h
6pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
27°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
65°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
68°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
68°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
50°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
42°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.1 m W
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h N (339°).

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