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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 348° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1015.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 25 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 SE 10 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 6:07 am Last light 8:21 pm
High 12:30 pm Low 7:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
51
1h
Good
10:00 pm → 11:00 pm
47
1h
Good
10:00 am → 11:00 am
46
1h
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:21 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:54 pm
Moonrise
3:44 pm
Moonset
4:17 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
7:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
12°
6 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
3°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
8°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
14°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
18°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
13°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
10°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
8°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
357°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
348°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
340°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
331°
17 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
296°
11 km/h
4pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
224°
14 km/h
5pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
203°
21 km/h
6pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
193°
19 km/h
7pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
174°
13 km/h
8pm
🌧️
16°
↘︎
SE
145°
10 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
173°
9 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
144°
6 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
105°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.6 m SW
12am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
16.2°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Mon
26 Oct
16.1°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (348°).

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