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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 52° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1028.2 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 58 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 66 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.8 °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 6:08 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 4:10 am Low 9:53 am High 3:55 pm Low 9:56 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
56
2h
First light
6:08 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
9:35 am
Moonset
12:28 am
High tide
4:10 am
Low tide
9:53 am
High tide
3:55 pm
Low tide
9:56 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
☁️
14°
→︎
E
92°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
84°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
75°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
73°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
74°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
66°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
59°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
45°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
33°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
23°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
38°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
52°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
62°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
75°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
96°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
118°
19 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
115°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
114°
22 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
108°
20 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
99°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
94°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
89°
17 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
86°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.9 → 0.5 m SE
12am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NE (52°).

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