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Waratah Bay Beach

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Waratah Bay Beach
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 257° · 25 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s W Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1014.8 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous 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 5:50 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 3:32 am High 9:55 am Low 4:16 pm High 10:51 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
51
1h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:50 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:17 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
5:41 pm
Moonset
4:50 am
Low tide
3:32 am
High tide
9:55 am
Low tide
4:16 pm
High tide
10:51 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
262°
22 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
264°
22 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
269°
21 km/h
3am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
274°
21 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
278°
21 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
280°
21 km/h
6am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
278°
21 km/h
7am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
275°
22 km/h
8am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
271°
23 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
267°
24 km/h
10am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
263°
25 km/h
11am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
260°
25 km/h
12pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
257°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
253°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
249°
23 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
244°
22 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
240°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
237°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
235°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
233°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
232°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
229°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
216°
2 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
→︎
E
82°
1 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.8 → 2.4 m SW
12am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
5pm
2.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.6° over the last 3 days
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
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h W (257°).

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