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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: W 278° · 31 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 14.3 °C Pressure: 1006.6 hPa ↑ rising Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 63 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 W 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 58 out of 100 14.3 °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 6:10 am Last light 7:55 pm
Low 5:30 am High 12:00 pm Low 6:06 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 → 7:00 am
62
1h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:00 am
50
1h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
45
30m
First light
6:10 am
Last light
7:55 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:28 pm
Moonrise
6:03 am
Moonset
7:08 pm
Low tide
5:30 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
6:06 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°
→︎
E
89°
16 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
287°
20 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
322°
18 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
329°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
313°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
296°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
280°
23 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
275°
25 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
264°
23 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
272°
26 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
275°
28 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
278°
30 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
278°
31 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
280°
32 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
279°
31 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
282°
29 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
272°
27 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
267°
24 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
271°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
280°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
276°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
246°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
253°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
268°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.7 m W
12am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
←︎
W
Slight
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.6 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.7 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.7 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h W (278°).

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