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Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 143° · 9 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s S Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1022.4 hPa ↓ falling 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 68 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 5:45 am Last light 7:52 pm
High 5:00 am Low 10:10 am High 4:30 pm Low 11:20 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
65
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
61
2h
Good
8:00 am → 9:00 am
51
1h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:45 am
Last light
7:52 pm
Sunrise
6:12 am
Sunset
7:26 pm
Moonrise
1:12 pm
Moonset
2:56 am
High tide
5:00 am
Low tide
10:10 am
High tide
4:30 pm
Low tide
11:20 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°
↗︎
NE
24°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
21°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
8°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
18°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
16°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
15°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
13°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
9°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
11°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
33°
3 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↘︎
SE
120°
2 km/h
11am
☁️
25°
↘︎
SE
145°
6 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↘︎
SE
143°
9 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↘︎
SE
139°
10 km/h
2pm
☁️
25°
↘︎
SE
129°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
129°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
118°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
108°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
91°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
66°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
26°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
18°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
9am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
4pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
5pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
6pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
7pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.6°
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°
Fri
23 Oct
15.9°
Sat
24 Oct
16.0°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Mon
26 Oct
16.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h SE (143°).

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