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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 86° · 11 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.7 °C Pressure: 1029.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 4:00 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:10 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 3:33 am Low 9:24 am High 3:22 pm Low 9:21 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 5:00 am
49
1h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
48
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
47
30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
47
1h
First light
6:10 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
8:48 am
Moonset
—
High tide
3:33 am
Low tide
9:24 am
High tide
3:22 pm
Low tide
9:21 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
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
136°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
129°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
114°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
99°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
94°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
103°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
93°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
→︎
E
97°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
108°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
100°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
87°
11 km/h
11am
☁️
14°
→︎
E
95°
9 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
86°
11 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
91°
11 km/h
2pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
88°
13 km/h
3pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
80°
15 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
85°
16 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
101°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
127°
12 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
111°
12 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
82°
19 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
94°
21 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
94°
22 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
93°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (86°).

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