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Maribyrnong River (Raleigh Road)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Maribyrnong River (Raleigh Road)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 357° · 13 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.9 °C Pressure: 1028.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 84 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 16.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:06 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 6:06 am Low 11:30 am High 4:20 pm Low 11:20 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
79
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
3h 30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
10:29 am
Moonset
1:17 am
High tide
6:06 am
Low tide
11:30 am
High tide
4:20 pm
Low tide
11:20 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
45°
5 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
16°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
360°
3 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
360°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
32°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
29°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
23°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
22°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
17°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
2°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
357°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
357°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
353°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
351°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
354°
7 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
360°
4 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
150°
3 km/h
5pm
☁️
23°
↓︎
S
168°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
167°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
127°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
128°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
111°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
337°
1 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
Now
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
16.2°
Thu
15 Oct
16.1°
Fri
16 Oct
16.4°
Sat
17 Oct
16.9°
Sun
18 Oct
17.3°
Mon
19 Oct
17.4°
Tue
20 Oct
17.8°
Wed
21 Oct
18.2°
Thu
22 Oct
18.6°
Fri
23 Oct
18.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (357°).

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