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Glenelg River (Nelson)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Glenelg River (Nelson)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 284° · 16 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1006.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 6:13 am Last light 8:28 pm
High 1:30 am Low 6:00 am High 12:15 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
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
58
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 9:30 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:28 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
8:01 pm
Moonrise
4:55 pm
Moonset
4:47 am
High tide
1:30 am
Low tide
6:00 am
High tide
12:15 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
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
200°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
360°
1 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
11°
5 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
12°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
10°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
6°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
359°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
348°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
332°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
316°
13 km/h
10am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
301°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
←︎
W
291°
15 km/h
12pm
☁️
23°
←︎
W
284°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
←︎
W
276°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
269°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
264°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
←︎
W
260°
20 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
←︎
W
258°
21 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
←︎
W
260°
21 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
263°
20 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
269°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
275°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
280°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
284°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.3 m SW
12am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
12pm
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11pm
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h W (284°).

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