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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 3° · 9 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.7 °C Pressure: 1016.1 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.7 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 1:10 am High 8:11 am Low 1:55 pm High 8:20 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 10:30 pm
57
3h
Good
9:00 am → 11:00 am
51
2h
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
3:36 pm
Moonset
4:09 am
Low tide
1:10 am
High tide
8:11 am
Low tide
1:55 pm
High tide
8:20 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
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
11°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
14°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
12°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
9°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
3°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
9 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
3°
9 km/h
1pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
19°
10 km/h
2pm
🌧️
29°
↗︎
NE
23°
12 km/h
3pm
🌧️
29°
↑︎
N
10°
12 km/h
4pm
🌧️
29°
↑︎
N
350°
13 km/h
5pm
🌧️
28°
↑︎
N
339°
14 km/h
6pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
336°
11 km/h
7pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
337°
6 km/h
8pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
333°
2 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
287°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
260°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
249°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
15.5°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h N (3°).

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