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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 79° · 28 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.5 °C Pressure: 1029.4 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 89 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 28 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 18 out of 100 Turning
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 20 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:01 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 4:41 am Low 10:34 am High 4:24 pm Low 10:36 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 6:30 am
53
1h 30m
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
9:26 am
Moonset
12:24 am
High tide
4:41 am
Low tide
10:34 am
High tide
4:24 pm
Low tide
10:36 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
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
67°
30 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
66°
31 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
67°
30 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
66°
29 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
61°
24 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
63°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
63°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
64°
22 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
65°
21 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
68°
26 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
72°
26 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
76°
27 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
79°
28 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
80°
27 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
82°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
85°
22 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
92°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
89°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
91°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
89°
20 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
81°
20 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
80°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
78°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.9 → 0.5 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h E (79°).

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