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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 358° · 23 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 12 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1018.8 hPa → steady 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 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 91 out of 100 N 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:18 am Last light 8:24 pm
High 5:30 am Low 11:00 am High 1:30 pm Low 9:40 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
61
2h
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
47
1h
First light
6:18 am
Last light
8:24 pm
Sunrise
6:45 am
Sunset
7:57 pm
Moonrise
12:43 pm
Moonset
2:57 am
High tide
5:30 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
1:30 pm
Low tide
9:40 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
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
28°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
21°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
21°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
18°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
17°
20 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
20 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
20°
17 km/h
10am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
13°
20 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
9°
21 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
358°
23 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
24 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
349°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
344°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
13°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
21°
9 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
21°
10 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
17°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
30°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
20°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.4 m W
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.6°
Fri
16 Oct
15.3°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h N (358°).

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