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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 220° · 26 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.7 °C Pressure: 1023.8 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 SW 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 6:13 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 2:22 am Low 8:27 am High 2:06 pm Low 8:12 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
60
1h 30m
Good
2:00 am → 3:30 am
57
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 9:00 am
50
2h 30m
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
7:32 am
Moonset
10:29 pm
High tide
2:22 am
Low tide
8:27 am
High tide
2:06 pm
Low tide
8:12 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
297°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
306°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
316°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
308°
20 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
304°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
303°
21 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
304°
21 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↖︎
NW
299°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
282°
17 km/h
9am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
236°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
225°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
219°
26 km/h
12pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
220°
26 km/h
1pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
211°
27 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
206°
30 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
207°
32 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
209°
33 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
208°
32 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
211°
28 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
216°
25 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
219°
23 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
212°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
204°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
197°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.6 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h SW (220°).

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