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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 327° · 26 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s W Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1020.3 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 53 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:05 pm
Low 12:18 am High 7:00 am Low 12:47 pm High 6:32 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
61
2h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 9:00 am
49
3h
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
1:21 pm
Moonset
3:10 am
Low tide
12:18 am
High tide
7:00 am
Low tide
12:47 pm
High tide
6:32 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
☁️
16°
→︎
E
73°
10 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
72°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
61°
7 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
59°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
58°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
58°
6 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
42°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
37°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
346°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
340°
26 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
28 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
327°
26 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
319°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
318°
25 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
332°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
335°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
23°
←︎
W
276°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
274°
7 km/h
7pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
61°
4 km/h
8pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
74°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
70°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
62°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
56°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m W
12am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
15.6°
Mon
26 Oct
15.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h NW (327°).

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