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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 49° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1026.1 hPa Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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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 100 out of 100 NE 14 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

Now
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

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
69
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
63
2h 30m
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:17 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:50 pm
Moonrise
11:34 am
Moonset
2:14 am
High tide
4:48 am
Low tide
10:20 am
High tide
2:15 pm
Low tide
9:34 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
54°
23 km/h
Now
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
49°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
47°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
44°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
42°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
37°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
34°
19 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
31°
19 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
31°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
28°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
23°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
20°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
15°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
22°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
23°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
34°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
40°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
40°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
49°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
46°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Now
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
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NE (49°).

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