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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 13° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1022.2 hPa ↓ falling 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 95 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 N 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:10 pm
High 5:57 am Low 11:38 am High 5:34 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
65
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
58
2h 30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
12:27 pm
Moonset
2:43 am
High tide
5:57 am
Low tide
11:38 am
High tide
5:34 pm
Low tide
11:43 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
30°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
21°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
19°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
17°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
16°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
12°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
13°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
13°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
12°
20 km/h
2pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
15°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
15°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
14°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
13°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
3°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
356°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
9°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
26°
17 km/h
10pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
6°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
1am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
14.8°
Sat
17 Oct
15.2°
Sun
18 Oct
15.4°
Mon
19 Oct
15.5°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.3°
Thu
22 Oct
16.7°
Fri
23 Oct
15.9°
Sat
24 Oct
15.2°
Sun
25 Oct
15.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (13°).

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