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Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 326° · 27 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.2 °C Pressure: 1007.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.2 °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 5:52 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 2:18 am High 9:11 am Low 3:04 pm High 9:30 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 → 12:00 am
64
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
58
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
48
1h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
4:35 pm
Moonset
4:27 am
Low tide
2:18 am
High tide
9:11 am
Low tide
3:04 pm
High tide
9:30 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
51°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
42°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
12 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
10°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
356°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
343°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
335°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
330°
23 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
328°
26 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
326°
27 km/h
12pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
326°
27 km/h
1pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
329°
26 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
331°
23 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
337°
18 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
335°
16 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
325°
14 km/h
7pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
307°
13 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
286°
14 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
269°
17 km/h
10pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
260°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
256°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.8 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h NW (326°).

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