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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 212° · 19 km/h Swell: 3.3 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1026.4 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 88 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 12 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 6:27 am Last light 8:17 pm
High 2:27 am Low 9:00 am High 1:34 pm Low 7:53 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
61
2h
Good
6:30 am → 8:00 am
54
1h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 4:30 pm
54
2h
Good
3:00 am → 4:00 am
49
1h
First light
6:27 am
Last light
8:17 pm
Sunrise
6:53 am
Sunset
7:51 pm
Moonrise
7:47 am
Moonset
10:43 pm
High tide
2:27 am
Low tide
9:00 am
High tide
1:34 pm
Low tide
7:53 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
☀️
12°
←︎
W
267°
18 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
268°
19 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
268°
18 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
265°
18 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
257°
20 km/h
5am
🌧️
12°
←︎
W
249°
21 km/h
6am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
236°
21 km/h
7am
🌧️
11°
↙︎
SW
233°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
230°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
224°
24 km/h
10am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
223°
21 km/h
11am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
214°
20 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
212°
19 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
211°
18 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
211°
17 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
216°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
216°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
211°
17 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
209°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
208°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
203°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
199°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
198°
12 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
186°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 2.3 → 3.0 m SW
12am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3am
2.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4am
2.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
3.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
8am
3.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
9am
3.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
10am
3.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
11am
3.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
12pm
3.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
1pm
3.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
2pm
3.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
3pm
3.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
4pm
3.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
5pm
3.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
6pm
3.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
7pm
3.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
8pm
3.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
9pm
3.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
10pm
3.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
11pm
3.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h SW (212°).

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