Worst air pollution The National Golf Club – Gunnamatta Course - Melbourne, today and tomorrow

On 5 August 2026, overall air quality in The National Golf Club – Gunnamatta Course is good. AQI is the main air quality indicator at 18.5/100. Pollution peaks around 2:00 PM (O3: 18.5/100).

On 6 August 2026, air quality conditions in The National Golf Club – Gunnamatta Course will be worse than today, with AQI forecast at fair at 24.7/100. Pollution peaks around 11:00 PM (NO2: 24.7/100).

Thanks to its highly exposed position facing Bass Strait, Gunnamatta rarely experiences poor air quality; when it does, it's typically during spring grass pollen season on the open coastal grassland, or briefly during a major regional bushfire event. The course's strong, near-constant wind exposure means pollutants seldom linger here compared to more sheltered peninsula venues.

It is forecasts derived by downscaling forecasts provided by EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) by taking into account local conditions such as traffic patterns. CAMS bases its forecast on satellite measurements of particles and chemical compounds in the atmosphere. Airmine’s services were developed with support from the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) team.

Airmine’s forecast uses CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) as its background atmospheric model. While CAMS includes wildfire emissions, these are derived from satellite observations and are not available in real time. During rapidly evolving wildfire events, there may therefore be a delay before increased emissions are incorporated into the model. As a result, the forecast may temporarily underestimate PM₂.₅ and other pollutants associated with wildfire smoke.

During rapidly evolving wildfire events, CAMS may lag by approximately 1–2 days before increased wildfire emissions are fully represented, which can lead to temporary underestimation of PM₂.₅ concentrations in Airmine’s forecast.