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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 297° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 7 s W Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1007.0 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 19 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 16 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °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 6:32 am Last light 8:14 pm
High 1:24 am Low 7:34 am High 1:00 pm Low 7:10 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 → 9:00 pm
68
2h
Good
6:00 am → 8:00 am
56
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
49
1h
Good
1:00 am → 2:00 am
47
1h
First light
6:32 am
Last light
8:14 pm
Sunrise
6:58 am
Sunset
7:48 pm
Moonrise
6:25 am
Moonset
7:28 pm
High tide
1:24 am
Low tide
7:34 am
High tide
1:00 pm
Low tide
7:10 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°
↖︎
NW
315°
19 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↖︎
NW
312°
20 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
310°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
310°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
310°
19 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
312°
18 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
304°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
304°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
304°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
306°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
302°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
298°
27 km/h
12pm
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
297°
28 km/h
1pm
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
301°
28 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
297°
28 km/h
3pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
296°
28 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
28 km/h
5pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
291°
28 km/h
6pm
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
294°
23 km/h
7pm
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
294°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
298°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
305°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
313°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
331°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.4 → 2.5 m W
12am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 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
9am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
11am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.8 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3pm
1.9 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4pm
2.0 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
5pm
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Solid
7pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Solid
8pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Solid
9pm
2.5 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Solid
10pm
2.5 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Solid
11pm
2.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h NW (297°).

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