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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 27° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1024.2 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 95 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:21 am Last light 8:21 pm
High 4:26 am Low 10:20 am High 2:30 pm Low 9:10 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 → 8:00 am
76
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 9:30 pm
58
3h 30m
First light
6:21 am
Last light
8:21 pm
Sunrise
6:48 am
Sunset
7:55 pm
Moonrise
10:44 am
Moonset
1:34 am
High tide
4:26 am
Low tide
10:20 am
High tide
2:30 pm
Low tide
9:10 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
55°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
53°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
55°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
60°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
58°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
54°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
45°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
39°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
38°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
36°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
29°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
25°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
27°
17 km/h
Now
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
31°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
32°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
28°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
19°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
6°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
3°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
37°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
58°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
53°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
15.1°
Thu
15 Oct
15.0°
Fri
16 Oct
15.3°
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
15.6°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.0°
Thu
22 Oct
16.2°
Fri
23 Oct
16.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NE (27°).

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