Can you fish Rye Pier from the shore?

Yes — Rye Pier has shore access.

Do I need to check the fishing rules for Rye Pier?

Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Victoria fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Victoria regulations page tracks them.

VIC · JETTY · MORNINGTON PENINSULA, PORT PHILLIP

Rye Pier.

Rye Pier is a walk-on platform over deep water in Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, with shore access. Sourced from the official listing, 13 September 2026.

Spot type

Jetty

Access

Shore

Region

Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip

Conditions today

Bite

0/100

Swell

3.5m

Wind

9m/s

Water

14.0°C

Rye Pier is rated WAIT · 0/100 for fishing today, and the best day in the next week is Fri, 18 Sept at 40/100.

Scored from tide, wind, swell, pressure and light for this location. Generated 2026-09-16 and refreshed daily — open the app for the current hour.

Tide today

Predicted from harmonic constituents at Hovell Pile, 8 km away. The marked points are the predicted extremes; the curve between them is interpolated.

Fishing better nearby

Mornington Pier is scoring 37 higher, 25 km NE from here. Merricks Beach is +33, 23 km E.

Mornington Pier 25 km NE +37 Merricks Beach 23 km E +33

Scored the same way as Rye Pier and adjusted for each spot's own exposure, so a sheltered estuary can beat an open platform on the same weather. Distances are straight-line.

Fishing Rye Pier

A Parks Victoria pier on the southern shore of Port Phillip at Rye, described as a popular fishing and snorkelling spot, with a lower platform, seating and a boat ramp nearby.

What's there

The source doesn't list target species for this spot.

Facilities

Boat_ramp

Where it is

-38.36, 144.82 ± 2 km

Approximate area, not an exact mark. Fishare publishes fishing spots to a ~2 km range — the spot is somewhere inside this circle.

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Check the rules first

VIC saltwater regs SSOT; check current VFA rules and the Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide for marine national park and sanctuary boundaries before fishing.

Bag limits, size limits and closures are set by the Victoria fisheries authority and change through the year. Fishare tracks the current rules on the VIC fishing regulations page — check it before you keep a fish.

Common questions

Can you fish Rye Pier from the shore?: Yes — Rye Pier has shore access.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for Rye Pier?: Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Victoria fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Victoria regulations page tracks them.

Source & verification

Details for Rye Pier come from the official source, retrieved 13 September 2026.

Source detail: Fishing named as a primary use by Parks Victoria. Coordinates from the OpenStreetMap pier feature, 0.2 km from the baked coastline. No marine sanctuary or marine national park within 1 km (Commonwealth CAPAD marine layer).

Conditions change. Access closes, sand moves and structure shifts — check locally before you travel a long way.

Plan the session

Fishing Rye Pier? Check the tide window, the launch options and whether the fish are actually biting before you go.

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