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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 169° · 19 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.6 °C Pressure: 1031.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.6 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 2:55 am Low 8:51 am High 2:43 pm Low 8:41 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
57
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
50
1h 30m
Good
3:00 am → 4:30 am
49
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
8:07 am
Moonset
11:31 pm
High tide
2:55 am
Low tide
8:51 am
High tide
2:43 pm
Low tide
8:41 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°
↓︎
S
196°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
191°
17 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
189°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
187°
17 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
185°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
179°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
176°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
171°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
169°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
171°
18 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
172°
19 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
169°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
169°
19 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
171°
19 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
166°
17 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
14°
↘︎
SE
155°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
151°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
149°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
147°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
145°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
144°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
145°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.6 → 1.2 m SW
12am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h S (169°).

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