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American River Wharf

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 American River Wharf
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 85° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1022.6 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 9 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:07 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 3:27 am Low 9:48 am High 2:15 pm Low 8:17 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
76
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
3h 30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
10:35 am
Moonset
1:09 am
High tide
3:27 am
Low tide
9:48 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
8:17 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
98°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
98°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
94°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
82°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
77°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
68°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
60°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
56°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
71°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
→︎
E
83°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
→︎
E
73°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
58°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
39°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
28°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
29°
8 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
38°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
45°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
74°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
98°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
99°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
98°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
95°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
85°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m S
12am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
15.7°
Thu
15 Oct
15.8°
Fri
16 Oct
16.0°
Sat
17 Oct
16.4°
Sun
18 Oct
16.5°
Mon
19 Oct
16.3°
Tue
20 Oct
16.4°
Wed
21 Oct
16.5°
Thu
22 Oct
17.0°
Fri
23 Oct
16.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h E (85°).

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