Skip to main content
Bite Compass
Bite Forecast

Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

←
17 Oct
Today
tap to pick date
→
Today Tomorrow Sat 24 Oct
📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 26° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1027.1 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 97 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 19 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °C all day
Learn how the score works →

Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:15 am Last light 8:16 pm
High 4:17 am Low 10:12 am High 2:24 pm Low 9:10 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
68
1h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:30 pm
58
3h 30m
First light
6:15 am
Last light
8:16 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:49 pm
Moonrise
10:36 am
Moonset
1:29 am
High tide
4:17 am
Low tide
10:12 am
High tide
2:24 pm
Low tide
9:10 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
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
64°
21 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
60°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
54°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
52°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
45°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
43°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
42°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
40°
19 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
37°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
37°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
30°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
26°
22 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
23°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
26°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
44°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
54°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
57°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
68°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
70°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
58°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 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
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.3°
Wed
14 Oct
15.1°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h NE (26°).

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