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Barwon River at Sheepwash

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Barwon River at Sheepwash
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 318° · 31 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.9 °C Pressure: 1006.8 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.9 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:14 pm
Low 2:08 am High 9:08 am Low 2:50 pm High 9:28 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 → 12:00 am
58
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
55
1h 30m
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:14 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:47 pm
Moonrise
4:41 pm
Moonset
4:33 am
Low tide
2:08 am
High tide
9:08 am
Low tide
2:50 pm
High tide
9:28 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
☀️
19°
←︎
W
256°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
287°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
322°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
341°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
345°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
344°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
339°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
332°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
325°
24 km/h
9am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
321°
28 km/h
10am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
319°
31 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
318°
32 km/h
12pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
318°
31 km/h
1pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
321°
29 km/h
2pm
🌧️
29°
↖︎
NW
326°
25 km/h
3pm
🌧️
29°
↖︎
NW
331°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
29°
↖︎
NW
335°
18 km/h
5pm
🌧️
28°
↖︎
NW
336°
16 km/h
6pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
329°
14 km/h
7pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
310°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
23°
←︎
W
289°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
273°
16 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
264°
18 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
260°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
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
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.9°
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h NW (318°).

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