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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: W 251° · 23 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1017.8 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 13 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 6:29 am Last light 8:16 pm
High 1:53 am Low 8:33 am High 1:30 pm Low 7:34 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 → 8:00 am
62
2h
Good
1:30 am → 3:30 am
57
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
55
2h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:00 pm
49
1h
First light
6:29 am
Last light
8:16 pm
Sunrise
6:55 am
Sunset
7:50 pm
Moonrise
7:17 am
Moonset
9:38 pm
High tide
1:53 am
Low tide
8:33 am
High tide
1:30 pm
Low tide
7:34 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
☁️
14°
←︎
W
268°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
↖︎
NW
295°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
277°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
284°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
270°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
258°
12 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
262°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
255°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
247°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
249°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
12°
←︎
W
249°
19 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
251°
23 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
256°
22 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
257°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
262°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
261°
24 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
263°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
265°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
272°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
274°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
274°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
276°
18 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
←︎
W
272°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.6 → 2.3 m W
12am
2.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
1am
2.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
2am
2.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
3am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
4am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h W (251°).

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