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Barham River (Apollo Bay)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barham River (Apollo Bay)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 313° · 22 km/h Swell: 2.9 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1005.9 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:19 pm
Low 1:30 am High 9:09 am Low 3:12 pm High 9:43 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
58
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:19 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:51 pm
Moonrise
4:44 pm
Moonset
4:36 am
Low tide
1:30 am
High tide
9:09 am
Low tide
3:12 pm
High tide
9:43 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
319°
5 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
328°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
333°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
336°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
336°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
333°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
331°
16 km/h
8am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
329°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
327°
21 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↖︎
NW
324°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
320°
23 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
313°
22 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
302°
20 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
286°
18 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
268°
18 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
255°
19 km/h
5pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
248°
20 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
247°
21 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
22 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
256°
22 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
262°
22 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
268°
23 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
270°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~3.0 m SW
12am
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11am
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
12pm
2.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1pm
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
4pm
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
5pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
6pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
7pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
8pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
9pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
10pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
11pm
3.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.6°
Tue
20 Oct
15.3°
Wed
21 Oct
15.3°
Thu
22 Oct
15.9°
Fri
23 Oct
15.6°
Sat
24 Oct
15.2°
Sun
25 Oct
15.3°
Mon
26 Oct
15.4°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h NW (313°).

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