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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 298° · 3 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1018.4 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 76 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 S 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 6:15 am Last light 8:26 pm
High 11:00 am Low 8:00 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
58
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
51
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 10:30 am
46
30m
First light
6:15 am
Last light
8:26 pm
Sunrise
6:42 am
Sunset
7:59 pm
Moonrise
2:47 pm
Moonset
3:57 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
8:00 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
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
146°
8 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
141°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
135°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
124°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
110°
6 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
96°
6 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
73°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
50°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
6 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
14°
6 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
351°
6 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
330°
5 km/h
12pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
298°
3 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↙︎
SW
233°
4 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↙︎
SW
205°
6 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
195°
8 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
190°
11 km/h
5pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
186°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
184°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
181°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
175°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
157°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↘︎
SE
124°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
98°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.4 → 1.9 m SW
12am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.0°
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 3 km/h NW (298°).

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