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Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 16° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1024.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 41 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:13 am Last light 8:17 pm
High 4:48 am Low 10:20 am High 2:15 pm Low 9:34 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
67
2h
Good
6:00 am → 8:00 am
61
2h
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:17 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:50 pm
Moonrise
11:34 am
Moonset
2:13 am
High tide
4:48 am
Low tide
10:20 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
9:34 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°
↗︎
NE
56°
23 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
52°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
45°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
45°
18 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
42°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
38°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
35°
19 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
34°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
33°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
34°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
25°
22 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
20°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
16°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
13°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
15°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
23°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
44°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
51°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
36°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.4°
Thu
15 Oct
15.1°
Fri
16 Oct
15.2°
Sat
17 Oct
15.3°
Sun
18 Oct
15.4°
Mon
19 Oct
15.3°
Tue
20 Oct
15.5°
Wed
21 Oct
15.9°
Thu
22 Oct
16.2°
Fri
23 Oct
16.3°
Sat
24 Oct
16.2°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h N (16°).

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