Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Fishing Locations & Local Conditions
Melbourne Fishing Times, Locations & Reports
Today's Melbourne fishing forecast is based on the current solunar and weather signals. Light precipitation; often fishable with minimal impact.
Updated
Moon Phase
New
Estimated Fish Feeding Activity
83%
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
Current Bite · Minor
·
8:27am
Current Weather
·
Overcast 10.7 C
Pressure
·
1017 hPa
Sunrise
·
7:33am
Sunset
·
5:18pm
Next Tide · Low
·
06:48
Region Locations
Locations around Melbourne
22 locations
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Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11.2 C
Pressure 1016 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:17pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:17pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.9 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.1 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:16pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11.9 C
Pressure 1018 hPa
Water 12.1 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:16pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11.9 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.1 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:16pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.7 C
Pressure 1017 hPa
Water 12.0 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11.3 C
Pressure 1018 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:17pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 11 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:33am
Sunset 5:17pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 9.8 C
Pressure 998 hPa
Sunrise 7:32am
Sunset 5:16pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 9.2 C
Pressure 1017 hPa
Sunrise 7:32am
Sunset 5:17pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.7 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.0 C
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.7 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.0 C
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.7 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.0 C
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 12.1 C
Pressure 1018 hPa
Water 12.2 C
Sunrise 7:34am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
Possible bite intensity is 83%, suggesting excellent fishing conditions.
83%
Excellent
minor
Air 10.7 C
Pressure 1019 hPa
Water 12.0 C
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:18pm
Updated 14 Jul 8:00am
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7 Day Region Outlook
Next week at a glance
Scroll or swipe across for the daily weather and bite rhythm.
Mon
13 Jul
Tides: High 14:10 · Low 06:48
Tue
14 Jul
Light Drizzle
9-15 C
Rain 0.5 mm · Wind 21 km/h
Solunar
83% activity
Excellent
Major 11:08am-1:08pm
Sunrise: 7:33am
Sunset: 5:18pm
Tides: High 00:17 · Low 07:53
Wed
15 Jul
Overcast
7-15 C
Wind 11 km/h
Solunar
75% activity
Excellent
Major 12:38am-2:38am
Sunrise: 7:33am
Sunset: 5:18pm
Tides: High 01:25 · Low 08:58
Thu
16 Jul
Overcast
9-14 C
Wind 5 km/h
Solunar
59% activity
Excellent
Major 1:33am-3:33am
Sunrise: 7:32am
Sunset: 5:19pm
Tides: High 02:35 · Low 10:01
Fri
17 Jul
Overcast
8-15 C
Wind 10 km/h
Solunar
52% activity
Excellent
Major 2:23am-4:23am
Sunrise: 7:32am
Sunset: 5:20pm
Tides: High 03:49 · Low 10:58
Sat
18 Jul
Partly Cloudy
5-13 C
Wind 6 km/h
Solunar
48% activity
Excellent
Major 3:09am-5:09am
Sunrise: 7:31am
Sunset: 5:20pm
Tides: High 05:03 · Low 11:48
Sun
19 Jul
Overcast
4-15 C
Wind 12 km/h
Solunar
47% activity
Excellent
Major 3:54am-5:54am
Sunrise: 7:31am
Sunset: 5:21pm
Tides: High 06:04 · Low 00:37
7 Day Solunar Forecast
Plan upcoming fishing windows across the week
Compare daily bite activity, major feeding windows and moon conditions to help plan upcoming fishing sessions.
7 Day Tides
Tide timing and movement through the week
Next tide: Lowat 06:48· 0.25 m
Wind
Current wind and 7 day outlook
Wind direction and strength can change how exposed a location feels, especially around open water, beaches, piers, and headlands.
Right now
Current speed
11.8 km/h
Direction
NW
Today max
21.0 km/h
Reading the wind
Wind direction and strength can affect comfort, casting, and exposure around this location.
Wind gusts can be stronger than the average wind speed, so it's worth checking the gust forecast if you're planning to fish from an exposed location or need to know about potential changes in conditions.
Even modest wind can affect comfort and casting, especially where the water is exposed.
The marker shows the current wind direction, while the daily outlook below shows whether conditions are likely to build or ease over the coming days.
Pressure
Barometric pressure
Pressure is most useful when it shows movement. A stable, rising, or falling trend can add context to the rest of today’s fishing forecast.
Right now
1017
hPa
⮝
Rising
Interpretation
Pressure changes tend to matter more than the absolute value, especially when conditions are shifting.
Pressure is only one signal. Wind, tide, solunar timing, water movement, and local structure still matter.
Pressure movement
Recent readings build the pressure trend used for interpretation.
Fishing Report Trends
Fishing report trends in this region
Species most often mentioned in regional reports
Melbourne reports are shared across a balanced spread led by Snapper, Black Bream and Garfish.
This chart is best read as a guide to reported species presence across the region.
Based on regional Getfished fishing report species data.
Share of the displayed top 5 species mentions.
Bait trends in this region
Bait turning up in reports
There's a fair spread of bait being used here, though pilchards, squid jig and soft plastics feature more consistently than others.
Worth staying flexible, because the reports are not all pointing one way.
Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 649 mentions across 11 distinct bait entries.
Share of the displayed top 5 bait mentions.
Seasonal Species
Species worth watching this winter
Based on historical report mentions for Winter across this state.
Quick reference
Seasonal report strength across the shortlisted species.
Black Bream
16
Garfish
16
Squid
10
Snapper
8
Black Bream
16 winter report mentions.
Garfish
16 winter report mentions.
Squid
10 winter report mentions.
Snapper
8 winter report mentions.
Bait and Lures
Common tackle showing up in regional reports
Reported tackle can help narrow options, but it is still a guide rather than a rule.
Bait turning up in reports
There's a fair spread of bait being used here, though pilchards, squid jig and soft plastics feature more consistently than others.
Pilchards
179
Squid jig
165
Soft plastics
110
Squid
93
Corn
51
Worth staying flexible, because the reports are not all pointing one way.
Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 649 mentions across 11 distinct bait entries.
Lures turning up in reports
plastics, metals and soft plastics are near the front, but the overall spread is fairly even.
Plastics
18
Metals
4
Soft plastics
4
Stick minnows
4
Weighted hardbodies
4
Worth staying flexible, because the reports are not all pointing one way.
Built from all-time reported lures mentions: 46 mentions across 12 distinct lures entries.
Melbourne Fishing
Melbourne reports tend to split between bay-based species such as snapper, flathead and whiting, and freshwater or estuary reports from rivers, lakes and urban edges.
The region is broad, so report trends should be read as a guide to local activity rather than a single uniform forecast. For the most useful planning view, start with the closest location page and compare tide, wind, solunar and recent report signals together.
Strong Winds
The Melbourne and the wider state of Victoria are subject to several weather and wind patterns influenced by the interior and ocean related weather. High pressure systems from the desert interior of Australia dominate hotter summer temperatures. While the effects of the Southern Ocean and the Roaring Forties combine to produce extreme winds at times. The record for wind gusts in Melbourne is 120 km/h on September 3, 1982. However, local suburban and regional areas near the coast have recorded gusts up to 141 km/h according to records.
While Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay is a shallow bay its size means these kinds of wind patterns can made it very rough at times. The apparent wave height can be deceptive and the intensity and space between waves, not the height alone, can be extremely hazardous for small craft.
Please note:
Reports span a decade and do not necessarily indicate "recent reports". They are cumulative.
| Fish Species Reported | Percentage of Total Reports Made |
|---|---|
| Snapper | 53% |
| Black Bream | 21% |
| Garfish | 14% |
| Squid | 11% |
| Australian Salmon | 6% |
| Mullet | 4% |
| Flathead | 3% |
| King George Whiting | 3% |
| Bream | 3% |
| Carp | 3% |
Melbourne is a region of: Victoria, Australia
Melbourne Overview
| Latitude | -37.8136 |
|---|---|
| Longitude | 144.9631
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| Distance | 0.00 km |
| Bays | Port phillip bay |
| Rivers | Yarra riverMaribyrnong river |
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