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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 225° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1027.0 hPa ↓ falling Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 57 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 67 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 5:50 am Low 11:40 am High 5:29 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
66
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
59
3h
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
11:18 am
Moonset
2:00 am
High tide
5:50 am
Low tide
11:40 am
High tide
5:29 pm
Low tide
11:42 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°
→︎
E
74°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
74°
15 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
79°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
74°
12 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
56°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
46°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
51°
7 km/h
8am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
42°
7 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
37°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
40°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
14°
2 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
225°
4 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
208°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
202°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
202°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
205°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
180°
6 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
82°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
58°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
65°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
79°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
77°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
74°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
14.5°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SW (225°).

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