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Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 335° · 23 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s W Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1020.4 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 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 12:09 am High 6:54 am Low 12:39 pm High 6:28 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
62
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:00 am
56
3h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
45
30m
Good
12:00 am → 12:30 am
45
30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
1:23 pm
Moonset
3:11 am
Low tide
12:09 am
High tide
6:54 am
Low tide
12:39 pm
High tide
6:28 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
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
45°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
37°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
33°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
28°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
18°
12 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
24°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
17°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
4°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
349°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
23 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
326°
23 km/h
2pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
24 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
339°
20 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
273°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
277°
9 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
360°
4 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
10 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
46°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
40°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m W
12am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
15.5°
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
16.1°
Tue
20 Oct
16.2°
Wed
21 Oct
16.8°
Thu
22 Oct
17.4°
Fri
23 Oct
17.2°
Sat
24 Oct
16.9°
Sun
25 Oct
17.1°
Mon
26 Oct
16.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h NW (335°).

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