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Barham River (Apollo Bay)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barham River (Apollo Bay)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 34° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s SW Water: 14.7 °C Pressure: 1028.3 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 90 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.7 °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 6:09 am Last light 8:12 pm
High 4:27 am Low 10:12 am High 4:00 pm Low 10:03 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
67
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
55
3h
Good
10:30 am → 11:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:09 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
10:30 am
Moonset
1:26 am
High tide
4:27 am
Low tide
10:12 am
High tide
4:00 pm
Low tide
10:03 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
43°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
35°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
31°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
28°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
18°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
17°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
12°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
11°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
14°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
20°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
67°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
71°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
77°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
73°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
74°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
72°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
71°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
65°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
43°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
38°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
34°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (34°).

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