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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 146° · 20 km/h Swell: 2.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1032.4 hPa → steady 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 S 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °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 6:19 am Last light 8:13 pm
High 2:42 am Low 9:10 am High 1:43 pm Low 8:07 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
54
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
49
1h
First light
6:19 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:46 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
8:15 am
Moonset
11:39 pm
High tide
2:42 am
Low tide
9:10 am
High tide
1:43 pm
Low tide
8:07 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
190°
18 km/h
1am
🌧️
11°
↓︎
S
184°
16 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
181°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
182°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
181°
16 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
161°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
166°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
169°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
167°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
162°
18 km/h
10am
☁️
11°
↘︎
SE
155°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
11°
↘︎
SE
150°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
146°
20 km/h
1pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
146°
19 km/h
2pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
147°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
147°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
142°
21 km/h
5pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
139°
23 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
137°
24 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
126°
24 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
118°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
→︎
E
104°
18 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
→︎
E
97°
12 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
→︎
E
104°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.4 → 1.8 m SW
12am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h SE (146°).

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