🌅 Morning Briefing

Saturday 4 April 2026  ·  Updated 5:00am  ·  Port of Melbourne

📅 Archive

🌊 Tides — Breakwater Pier, Port Melbourne

0.59m
Current height
↑ Rising
High ◂
4:06am
0.87m
Low
10:48am
0.27m
High
5:03pm
0.94m
Low
11:21pm
0.44m
High ▸
4:42am
0.88m
🌡️ Bay Water Temps (Thu 2 Apr 2026)
Top Bay
19.0°
Mid Bay
19.2°
Bottom Bay
19.2°
Ocean
18.2°
🌡️ Bay Water Temps — baywx.com.au
📊 Breakwater Pier📊 Webb Dock📊 South Wharf📊 Hovell Pile📊 Melbourne VTS

☀️ Sun

🌄
7:36am
Sunrise
🌇
7:09pm
Sunset
⏰ Daylight saving ends tonight — clocks back 1hr at 3:00am Sunday

🌤️ Weather Forecast — Melbourne

🚢 Ship Movements — Port of Melbourne (5am–7pm)

Vessel Type Wharf Scheduled (VicPorts) Live Status (MarineTraffic) Track
Maersk Semakau DEP Swanson East 3 07:00 Container Ship · Moored → departing to Botany Bay 🔗 Track
KD Lekir ARR Station Pier Outer East 07:45 Military Ops (Malaysian Navy) · En route → arriving from Sydney 🔗 Track
KD Lekir ARR Station Pier Outer East 09:30 Military Ops (Malaysian Navy) · Berth allocation 🔗 Track
Long Beach Express ARR Swanson West 3 10:00 Container Ship · En route → arriving from Auckland 🔗 Track
Victorian Reliance II DEP Webb Dock 1 East 17:55 Ro-Ro Cargo · Moored → departing to Burnie 🔗 Track
Searoad Mersey II DEP Webb Dock 2 East 18:10 Ro-Ro Cargo · Moored → departing 🔗 Track
Seasmile ARR Webb Dock 5 East 18:30 Container Ship · En route → arriving from Botany Bay 🔗 Track
📅 All Movements 📅 Webb Dock 📅 Swanson 📅 Appleton Dock 📅 South Wharf 📊 Excel

🚗 Traffic — Major Melbourne Roads

M1 West Gate / Princes Fwy (→ Geelong)
⚠ Roadworks — Werribee (Farm Rd) and Point Cook Rd on/off ramps (until Dec 2026)
M1 Monash Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Kooyong to Malvern interchange works (until Nov 2026)
Eastern Freeway
⚠ NELP upgrade works ongoing — Hoddle St to Springvale Rd (until Jan 2028)
M2 CityLink / Tullamarine
⚠ Roadworks — Western Ring Rd near Tullamarine Airport off-ramp (until Nov 2026)
M80 Ring Road
⚠ Roadworks — Western Ring Rd / Tullamarine area (until Nov 2026)
EastLink
⚠ Roadworks — Carrum Downs / Frankston Freeway interchange (until Nov 2026)
Calder Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Keilor Park on-ramp (until Dec 2026)
Frankston Freeway
⚠ Roadworks — Multiple works Frankston to Seaford (until Nov 2026)

⛈️ BOM Weather Alerts

Marine Wind Warning
Strong Wind Warning issued for Sunday 5 April — Central Coast & East Gippsland Coast. No current marine warnings for today (Saturday).
Sheep Graziers Warning
Cold temps & SE winds Saturday — North Central & Central VIC districts. Risk of lamb/sheep losses.

⚠️ WorkSafe / AMSA Incidents

✓ No new safety incidents reported (WorkSafe / AMSA)

⚠️ Notices to Mariners — Port of Melbourne 26 active

NtM No. Notice
213-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Wreck
206(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Chainage restriction due to works TEMP
174(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Holden Dock - Fender and ladder works TEMP
171(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Melbourne Channel - Submarine gas pipeline inspection TEMP
164(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Channel - Reduced DUKC node width TEMP
163(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Change to depths. TEMP
153(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - Port Phillip - Hume Tower remediation works TEMP
114(T)-2026 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 26 and 27 - Remediation works TEMP
— Port of Melbourne - Vessel reporting requirements
646-2025 Port of Melbourne - Port Information Guide Edition 6
614(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Ann Street Pier - Pile remediation works TEMP
575(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Gellibrand Pier - Pile remediation works TEMP
556(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - South Wharf 32 - Remediation works TEMP
542(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Yarraville 5 berth remediation works TEMP
470(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Yarraville 6 berth remediation works TEMP
445(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne - Swanson Dock West Berth 3 remediation works TEMP
379(T)-2025 Port of Melbourne & Geelong - Port Phillip Bay - Survey and sampling works TEMP
— Port of Melbourne - Station Pier - Pile driving and rehabilitation works
— Port of Melbourne - Towage requirements
— Port of Melbourne - HMD 3.12.3 and 3.16.17
— Port of Melbourne - Short Road Wharf - Remediation works
— Port of Melbourne - Williamstown Channel - Port Phillip Ferries
— Port of Melbourne - Webb Dock 2 East berth - Remediation works extended
— Port of Melbourne - Navigational controls for cruise shipping at Station Pier
— Port of Melbourne - Appleton Dock - Pile driving, remediation and removal works
— Port of Melbourne / Yarra River - Shell Bunker Berth temporary light
📋 All Notices to Mariners — Ports Victoria