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Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River (Mahoneys Road)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 256° · 25 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1015.8 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:05 am Last light 8:24 pm
High 12:45 am Low 7:15 am High 12:30 pm Low 6:48 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
61
2h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
51
1h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:00 pm
48
1h
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:24 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:56 pm
Moonrise
5:56 pm
Moonset
5:05 am
High tide
12:45 am
Low tide
7:15 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
6:48 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
☀️
14°
←︎
W
290°
28 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
286°
29 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
281°
29 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
275°
30 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
270°
32 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
267°
32 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
265°
32 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
264°
31 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
263°
30 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
262°
29 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
260°
27 km/h
11am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
259°
26 km/h
12pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
256°
25 km/h
1pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
253°
24 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
250°
24 km/h
3pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
247°
23 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
244°
22 km/h
5pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
242°
21 km/h
6pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
240°
20 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
238°
18 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
237°
15 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
237°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
238°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
241°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.7 → 2.1 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.2°
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.1°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h W (256°).

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