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Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 30° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1027.0 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 69 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 53 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 18 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:16 am Last light 8:15 pm
High 3:45 am Low 9:48 am High 2:24 pm Low 9:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
61
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
56
2h
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
6:16 am
Last light
8:15 pm
Sunrise
6:43 am
Sunset
7:48 pm
Moonrise
9:43 am
Moonset
12:37 am
High tide
3:45 am
Low tide
9:48 am
High tide
2:24 pm
Low tide
9:00 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
☀️
13°
→︎
E
69°
22 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
68°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
65°
23 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
62°
22 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
55°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
47°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
42°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
41°
19 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
39°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
38°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
35°
21 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
30°
21 km/h
12pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
30°
18 km/h
1pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
31°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
33°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
13 km/h
4pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
51°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
106°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
127°
13 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
107°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
67°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
53°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
70°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.8 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NE (30°).

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