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Sandringham Breakwater

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Sandringham Breakwater
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 360° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1026.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:04 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 6:10 am Low 12:00 pm High 5:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:30 am
77
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
46
1h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
11:25 am
Moonset
2:02 am
High tide
6:10 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:53 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
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
350°
2 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
6°
3 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
351°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
358°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
20°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
17°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
18°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
13°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
25°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
27°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
12°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
5°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
360°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
356°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
354°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
351°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
360°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
33°
5 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
66°
4 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
3°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
324°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
345°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
13°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
3am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
6am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
9am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h N (360°).

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