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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 21° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1023.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 am
Solunar 69 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 53 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:20 am Last light 8:23 pm
High 5:00 am Low 10:40 am High 2:00 pm Low 9:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
66
2h 30m
First light
6:20 am
Last light
8:23 pm
Sunrise
6:46 am
Sunset
7:56 pm
Moonrise
11:42 am
Moonset
2:19 am
High tide
5:00 am
Low tide
10:40 am
High tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
9:30 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
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
42°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
34°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
38°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
34°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
35°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
33°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
32°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
30°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
29°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
27°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
26°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
25°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
21°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
19°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
21°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
23°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
27°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
27°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
28°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
39°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
44°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
33°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 0.9 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h N (21°).

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