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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 255° · 31 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 11 s W Water: 14.5 °C Pressure: 1013.3 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 27 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NW 23 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.5 °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 6:07 am Last light 7:57 pm
High 1:44 am Low 7:46 am High 1:48 pm Low 8:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
55
2h
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
52
1h
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
48
1h
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
45
30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
7:57 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:30 pm
Moonrise
6:54 am
Moonset
9:19 pm
High tide
1:44 am
Low tide
7:46 am
High tide
1:48 pm
Low tide
8:00 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
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
19 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
348°
25 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
337°
30 km/h
3am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
312°
32 km/h
4am
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
281°
25 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
312°
15 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
298°
23 km/h
7am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
284°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
286°
19 km/h
9am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
278°
20 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
262°
24 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
254°
29 km/h
12pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
255°
31 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
251°
29 km/h
2pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
255°
34 km/h
3pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
253°
35 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
253°
33 km/h
5pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
258°
32 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
254°
32 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
252°
30 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
252°
32 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
256°
33 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
264°
32 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
265°
32 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.0 → 1.2 m SW
12am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 31 km/h W (255°).

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