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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 232° · 7 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1018.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:30 pm
Solunar 65 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 72 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:17 am Last light 8:25 pm
High 7:00 am Low 9:00 am High 12:00 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
8:00 pm → 10:00 pm
61
2h
Good
6:30 am → 7:30 am
49
1h
Good
8:30 am → 9:30 am
49
1h
First light
6:17 am
Last light
8:25 pm
Sunrise
6:44 am
Sunset
7:58 pm
Moonrise
1:45 pm
Moonset
3:29 am
High tide
7:00 am
Low tide
9:00 am
High tide
12:00 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
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
9°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
317°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
278°
8 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
270°
1 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
↗︎
NE
27°
4 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
↑︎
N
9°
8 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
146°
1 km/h
10am
☁️
19°
←︎
W
288°
2 km/h
11am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
233°
4 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
232°
7 km/h
1pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
215°
11 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
197°
12 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
186°
12 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
189°
10 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
182°
12 km/h
6pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
178°
11 km/h
7pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
174°
10 km/h
8pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
168°
9 km/h
9pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
162°
9 km/h
10pm
🌧️
15°
↘︎
SE
156°
9 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
↘︎
SE
151°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.4 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.8°
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°
Sat
24 Oct
16.4°
Sun
25 Oct
16.5°
Mon
26 Oct
16.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h SW (232°).

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