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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 197° · 18 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 10 s W Water: 14.4 °C Pressure: 1031.0 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 3:30 pm
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Midday
Tide 70 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 S 17 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 58 out of 100 14.4 °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 7:59 pm
High 3:23 am Low 9:26 am High 3:12 pm Low 9:25 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
3:00 am → 4:00 am
50
1h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
48
1h 30m
First light
6:04 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
7:58 am
Moonset
11:26 pm
High tide
3:23 am
Low tide
9:26 am
High tide
3:12 pm
Low tide
9:25 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
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
217°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
215°
25 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
212°
22 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
212°
21 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
205°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
196°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
192°
18 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
190°
19 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
185°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
188°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
189°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
191°
18 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
197°
18 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
199°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
198°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
199°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
198°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
201°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
200°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
190°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
10°
↓︎
S
180°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
10°
↓︎
S
161°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
141°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
126°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.1 → 1.4 m SW
12am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
11am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
12pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
5pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
6pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
7pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h S (197°).

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