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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 225° · 31 km/h Swell: 2.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1025.2 hPa ↑ rising Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
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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 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 78 out of 100 Turning
Wind 55 out of 100 SW 22 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 6:21 am Last light 8:12 pm
High 2:20 am Low 8:53 am High 1:17 pm Low 7:47 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
2:30 am → 3:30 am
49
1h
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
48
1h
Good
7:00 am → 7:30 am
45
30m
First light
6:21 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:47 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
7:40 am
Moonset
10:37 pm
High tide
2:20 am
Low tide
8:53 am
High tide
1:17 pm
Low tide
7:47 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
292°
29 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
284°
32 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
284°
31 km/h
3am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
276°
33 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
263°
39 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
257°
42 km/h
6am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
248°
41 km/h
7am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
238°
37 km/h
8am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
235°
35 km/h
9am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
234°
35 km/h
10am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
230°
34 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
226°
31 km/h
12pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
225°
31 km/h
1pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
223°
30 km/h
2pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
221°
28 km/h
3pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
218°
27 km/h
4pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
216°
27 km/h
5pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
213°
26 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
213°
25 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
214°
24 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
214°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
209°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
207°
21 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
194°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.4 m SW
12am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h SW (225°).

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