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Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 54° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 8 s S Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1030.1 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 73 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 45 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 33 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 5:51 am Last light 7:48 pm
High 12:51 am Low 6:10 am High 12:33 pm Low 7:51 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
63
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
52
1h
First light
5:51 am
Last light
7:48 pm
Sunrise
6:18 am
Sunset
7:22 pm
Moonrise
9:18 am
Moonset
12:08 am
High tide
12:51 am
Low tide
6:10 am
High tide
12:33 pm
Low tide
7:51 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
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
57°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
54°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
50°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
43°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
40°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
46°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
59°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
49°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
54°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
57°
20 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
67°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
70°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
70°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
70°
24 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
72°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
68°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
59°
20 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
51°
22 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
45°
22 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
44°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m S
12am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.4°
Tue
13 Oct
15.6°
Wed
14 Oct
15.5°
Thu
15 Oct
15.4°
Fri
16 Oct
15.4°
Sat
17 Oct
15.5°
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
15.6°
Tue
20 Oct
15.6°
Wed
21 Oct
15.8°
Thu
22 Oct
15.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h NE (54°).

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