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Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 306° · 31 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.9 °C Pressure: 1006.9 hPa ↑ rising 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 11 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 W 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 61 out of 100 14.9 °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 6:25 am Last light 8:09 pm
High 1:10 am Low 7:24 am High 12:50 pm Low 7:09 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
62
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
56
1h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:25 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:51 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
6:18 am
Moonset
7:22 pm
High tide
1:10 am
Low tide
7:24 am
High tide
12:50 pm
Low tide
7:09 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°
↖︎
NW
309°
33 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
302°
29 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
301°
30 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
306°
30 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
306°
30 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
309°
27 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
315°
26 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
316°
27 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
314°
28 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
317°
26 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
310°
30 km/h
11am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
314°
28 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
306°
31 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
309°
30 km/h
2pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
309°
29 km/h
3pm
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
297°
26 km/h
4pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
293°
27 km/h
5pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
275°
23 km/h
6pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
263°
21 km/h
7pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
270°
24 km/h
8pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
277°
23 km/h
9pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
287°
21 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
301°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
306°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.5 → 1.8 m SW
12am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h NW (306°).

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