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Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Tarwin River (Tarwin Lower)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 243° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1029.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 82 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 9 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:01 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 5:07 am Low 10:58 am High 4:54 pm Low 10:58 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
68
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
50
3h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
45
30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
10:21 am
Moonset
1:16 am
High tide
5:07 am
Low tide
10:58 am
High tide
4:54 pm
Low tide
10:58 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
☀️
12°
→︎
E
93°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
91°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
93°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
92°
12 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
88°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
88°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
→︎
E
87°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
86°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
79°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
84°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
25°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
243°
6 km/h
Now
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
226°
11 km/h
1pm
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
215°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
201°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
177°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
152°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
109°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
111°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↘︎
SE
113°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
106°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
106°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
101°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Now
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SW (243°).

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