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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 256° · 32 km/h Swell: 1.9 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1016.6 hPa ↑ rising Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 6 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 55 out of 100 W 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 6:22 am Last light 8:11 pm
High 1:50 am Low 8:20 am High 1:09 pm Low 7:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
57
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 3:30 am
55
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:22 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:49 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
7:10 am
Moonset
9:33 pm
High tide
1:50 am
Low tide
8:20 am
High tide
1:09 pm
Low tide
7:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
313°
12 km/h
1am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
300°
17 km/h
2am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
297°
16 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
287°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
279°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
271°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
262°
23 km/h
7am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
254°
28 km/h
8am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
27 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
28 km/h
10am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
252°
30 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
255°
34 km/h
12pm
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
256°
32 km/h
1pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
256°
35 km/h
2pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
259°
36 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
263°
38 km/h
4pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
268°
42 km/h
5pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
267°
39 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
269°
39 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
269°
36 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
271°
36 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
272°
39 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
275°
34 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
284°
29 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.1 m SW
12am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 32 km/h W (256°).

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