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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 316° · 11 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.8 °C Pressure: 1016.7 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 73 out of 100 Turning
Wind 63 out of 100 E 23 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 73 out of 100 16.8 °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 5:52 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 1:33 am High 8:15 am Low 2:14 pm High 8:16 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 → 11:00 pm
58
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 11:00 am
51
2h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
48
1h
First light
5:52 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
3:28 pm
Moonset
4:03 am
Low tide
1:33 am
High tide
8:15 am
Low tide
2:14 pm
High tide
8:16 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
☀️
17°
→︎
E
77°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
75°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
71°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
69°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
66°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
61°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
59°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
58°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
46°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
9°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
343°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
331°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
316°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
←︎
W
258°
6 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
206°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↓︎
S
191°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↓︎
S
171°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↘︎
SE
123°
5 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
86°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
73°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
70°
23 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
80°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
74°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
69°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.9 → 1.4 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.1° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
15.6°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (316°).

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