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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 252° · 16 km/h Swell: 2.9 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1016.0 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 71 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 10 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:29 pm
High 12:48 am Low 7:12 am High 12:36 pm Low 6:50 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
60
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 1:30 pm
52
2h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
49
1h
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:29 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
8:02 pm
Moonrise
6:02 pm
Moonset
5:11 am
High tide
12:48 am
Low tide
7:12 am
High tide
12:36 pm
Low tide
6:50 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
☀️
13°
←︎
W
285°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
284°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
282°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
279°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
276°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
272°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
269°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
265°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
261°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
258°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
255°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
253°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
252°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
252°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
253°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
255°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
259°
12 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
264°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
272°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
285°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
299°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 2.3 → 2.6 m SW
12am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h W (252°).

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