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Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 7° · 28 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1020.0 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 94 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:18 pm
High 5:24 am Low 10:00 am High 1:45 pm Low 9:45 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 → 9:30 pm
70
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
46
1h
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:18 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:51 pm
Moonrise
12:35 pm
Moonset
2:51 am
High tide
5:24 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
1:45 pm
Low tide
9:45 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
33°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
30°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
31°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
29°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
22 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
22°
23 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
22°
25 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
21°
28 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
19°
28 km/h
9am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
14°
28 km/h
10am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
13°
28 km/h
11am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
9°
29 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
28 km/h
1pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
358°
26 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
354°
25 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
350°
24 km/h
4pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
353°
23 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
360°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
10 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
220°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
87°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
17 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
21°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.7 → 1.0 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.3°
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°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h N (7°).

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