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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 254° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 12 s W Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1014.7 hPa ↑ rising Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 5:49 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 3:32 am High 9:51 am Low 4:16 pm High 10:47 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 → 9:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
50
1h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
45
30m
First light
5:49 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:17 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
5:41 pm
Moonset
4:50 am
Low tide
3:32 am
High tide
9:51 am
Low tide
4:16 pm
High tide
10:47 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°
←︎
W
255°
24 km/h
1am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
258°
25 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
263°
25 km/h
3am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
267°
25 km/h
4am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
271°
26 km/h
5am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
272°
26 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
272°
27 km/h
7am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
269°
27 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
266°
28 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
263°
28 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
260°
28 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
257°
28 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
254°
28 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
250°
27 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
247°
27 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
243°
26 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
240°
25 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
237°
24 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
234°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
232°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
228°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
223°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
215°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↓︎
S
202°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.7 → 2.3 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
5pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Solid
6pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.9° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h W (254°).

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