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Barham River (Apollo Bay)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barham River (Apollo Bay)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 287° · 8 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1020.0 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 N 26 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:15 pm
High 6:18 am Low 11:53 am High 4:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
56
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 9:30 pm
54
1h 30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:15 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:48 pm
Moonrise
1:32 pm
Moonset
3:20 am
High tide
6:18 am
Low tide
11:53 am
High tide
4:45 pm
Low tide
11:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
16 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
357°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
353°
21 km/h
3am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
350°
23 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
349°
25 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
27 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
343°
26 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
344°
27 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
343°
26 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
330°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
329°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
303°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
287°
8 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
318°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
348°
12 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
64°
7 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
57°
5 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
51°
7 km/h
6pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
68°
4 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
117°
2 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
195°
2 km/h
9pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
225°
2 km/h
10pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
270°
2 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
301°
2 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.7 m SW
12am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
14.7°
Sun
18 Oct
15.1°
Mon
19 Oct
15.4°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h W (287°).

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