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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 22° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1025.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 37 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:23 am Last light 8:20 pm
High 3:51 am Low 10:00 am High 2:24 pm Low 9:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
66
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
55
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 6:30 pm
50
1h
First light
6:23 am
Last light
8:20 pm
Sunrise
6:49 am
Sunset
7:54 pm
Moonrise
9:50 am
Moonset
12:42 am
High tide
3:51 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
2:24 pm
Low tide
9:00 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
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
59°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
47°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
53°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
50°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
50°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
8°
↗︎
NE
51°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
8°
↗︎
NE
50°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
↗︎
NE
51°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
41°
12 km/h
10am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
22°
13 km/h
1pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
17°
11 km/h
2pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
21°
9 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
47°
7 km/h
4pm
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
117°
5 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
150°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
162°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
147°
11 km/h
8pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
121°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
96°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
67°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
68°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (22°).

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