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Sandringham Breakwater

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Sandringham Breakwater
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 2° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1020.7 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:30 pm
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 45 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 12:23 am High 6:48 am Low 12:53 pm High 6:17 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 → 9:30 pm
68
2h
Good
5:30 am → 9:30 am
61
4h
Good
12:00 am → 12:30 am
45
30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
1:28 pm
Moonset
3:12 am
Low tide
12:23 am
High tide
6:48 am
Low tide
12:53 pm
High tide
6:17 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
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
13 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
19°
14 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
18°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
14°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
19°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
22°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
14°
20 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
5°
21 km/h
12pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
2°
21 km/h
1pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
356°
21 km/h
2pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
356°
21 km/h
3pm
☁️
28°
↑︎
N
339°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
341°
12 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
190°
8 km/h
6pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
175°
7 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
↘︎
SE
114°
4 km/h
8pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
57°
6 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
39°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
16.1°
Sun
18 Oct
16.4°
Mon
19 Oct
16.4°
Tue
20 Oct
16.6°
Wed
21 Oct
17.0°
Thu
22 Oct
17.3°
Fri
23 Oct
17.3°
Sat
24 Oct
17.0°
Sun
25 Oct
17.2°
Mon
26 Oct
17.3°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h N (2°).

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