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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 356° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s W Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1023.5 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 65 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:04 pm
High 6:24 am Low 12:13 pm High 6:03 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 → 8:00 am
67
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
60
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
46
30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:04 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
12:19 pm
Moonset
2:38 am
High tide
6:24 am
Low tide
12:13 pm
High tide
6:03 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°
→︎
E
76°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
72°
11 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
71°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
71°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
74°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
70°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
65°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
68°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
68°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
69°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
71°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
55°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
356°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
331°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
317°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
300°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
274°
3 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
78°
11 km/h
6pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
73°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
73°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
75°
20 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
71°
18 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
68°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.0 m W
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
2pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
3pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
14.5°
Sat
17 Oct
15.1°
Sun
18 Oct
15.3°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
Tue
20 Oct
15.6°
Wed
21 Oct
16.1°
Thu
22 Oct
16.8°
Fri
23 Oct
16.0°
Sat
24 Oct
15.2°
Sun
25 Oct
15.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h N (356°).

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