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Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Hopkins River Mouth (Point Ritchie)
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 100° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1028.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 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 6:18 am Last light 8:14 pm
High 3:20 am Low 9:26 am High 2:09 pm Low 8:33 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
58
3h
Good
8:00 pm → 9:00 pm
50
1h
Good
4:30 pm → 5:30 pm
50
1h
First light
6:18 am
Last light
8:14 pm
Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
7:47 pm
Moonrise
8:55 am
Moonset
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High tide
3:20 am
Low tide
9:26 am
High tide
2:09 pm
Low tide
8:33 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
107°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
102°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
105°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
105°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
103°
19 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
93°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
84°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
92°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
74°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
71°
13 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
89°
17 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
94°
18 km/h
12pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
100°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
118°
14 km/h
2pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
145°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
133°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
128°
12 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
101°
11 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
79°
14 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
64°
18 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
70°
20 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
78°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
77°
23 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
71°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.8 → 1.2 m SW
12am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h E (100°).

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