Is Inverloch Surf Beach open?

The beach is open, but erosion and coastal protection works have closed several access tracks at different times, including the main track at the surf club during works. Use the signed open tracks — at times only Ozone Street and tracks to the west have been open — and stay out of fenced works areas.

Can you catch salmon at Inverloch?

Yes. Australian salmon school along the surf beach gutters in the cooler months, with winter the main season. Fish a rising tide into dusk with a paternoster rig and bluebait or pilchard, or cast metal slugs when they show on the surface.

Can you fish at Flat Rocks and Eagles Nest near Inverloch?

Flat Rocks is just outside the park, but Eagles Nest is not: the Bunurong Marine National Park starts about 700 m west of Flat Rocks and takes in the water off Eagles Nest and the coast west toward Cape Paterson. All fishing is banned inside it, so don't cast from Eagles Nest. Check the Parks Victoria boundary signs or the VFA's app before you cast anywhere west of Flat Rocks.

Do you need a lifejacket to fish Inverloch Surf Beach?

Wear one if the surf is up. It is an exposed Bass Strait beach with rips and strong currents, and an eroded dune face behind it limits your escape route at high tide. A lifejacket that meets AS 4758 (Level 50S or greater), cleated or grippy footwear and staying out of the water are the basics.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Inverloch Surf Beach

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

Forecast updated 11:21am AEDT

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📍 Inverloch Surf Beach

waxing gibbous · 82%

Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 300° · 11 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1016.8 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore

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Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 8:00 pm

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dusk

Tide Turning

Wind E 13 km/h

Moon waxing gibbous all day

Water temp 17.3 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:54 am Last light 8:09 pm

Low 1:25 am High 8:18 am Low 2:11 pm High 8:17 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:30 pm → 11:00 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:30 am → 7:30 am

Good

8:30 am → 11:00 am

2h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 2:00 am

First light

5:54 am

Last light

8:09 pm

Sunrise

6:21 am

Sunset

7:42 pm

Moonrise

3:31 pm

Moonset

4:04 am

Low tide

1:25 am

High tide

8:18 am

Low tide

2:11 pm

High tide

8:17 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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19°

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45°

15 km/h

1am

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18°

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39°

15 km/h

2am

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18°

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35°

15 km/h

3am

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18°

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31°

14 km/h

4am

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18°

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27°

13 km/h

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18°

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24°

12 km/h

6am

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18°

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25°

12 km/h

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19°

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28°

13 km/h

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25°

13 km/h

9am

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22°

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7°

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336°

11 km/h

11am

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25°

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313°

12 km/h

12pm

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11 km/h

1pm

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286°

9 km/h

2pm

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26°

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267°

7 km/h

3pm

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26°

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243°

7 km/h

4pm

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25°

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219°

7 km/h

5pm

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25°

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197°

7 km/h

6pm

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24°

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149°

5 km/h

7pm

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91°

8 km/h

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13 km/h

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15 km/h

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49°

19 km/h

11pm

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22 km/h

Hourly Swell

Building 1.3 → 1.8 m SW

12am

1.3 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

1am

1.3 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

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2am

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

3am

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

4am

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

5am

1.5 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

6am

1.5 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

7am

1.5 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

8am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

9am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

10am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

11am

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

12pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

1pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

2pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

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3pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

4pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

5pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

6pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

7pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

8pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

9pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

10pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

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11pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days

Mon

19 Oct

16.1°

Tue

20 Oct

15.9°

Wed

21 Oct

16.5°

Thu

22 Oct

17.3°

Fri

23 Oct

16.7°

Sat

24 Oct

16.1°

Sun

25 Oct

16.5°

Mon

26 Oct

16.3°

Tue

27 Oct

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Wed

28 Oct

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (300°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:30 pm → 11:00 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:30 am → 7:30 am

Good

8:30 am → 11:00 am

2h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 2:00 am

First light

5:54 am

Last light

8:09 pm

Sunrise

6:21 am

Sunset

7:42 pm

Moonrise

3:31 pm

Moonset

4:04 am

Low tide

1:25 am

High tide

8:18 am

Low tide

2:11 pm

High tide

8:17 pm

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