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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 6° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1028.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 74 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:07 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 4:46 am Low 10:31 am High 4:30 pm Low 10:30 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 → 7:30 am
64
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
52
1h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
47
2h 30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
10:28 am
Moonset
1:20 am
High tide
4:46 am
Low tide
10:31 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
10:30 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
☁️
16°
→︎
E
79°
20 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
73°
18 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
27°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
28°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
51°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
46°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
24°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
360°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
5°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
15 km/h
Now
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
13°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
31°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
68°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
74°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
88°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
117°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
111°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
104°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
102°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
94°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
87°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SE
12am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (6°).

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