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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 300° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s W Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1019.9 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °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 5:53 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 12:52 am High 7:32 am Low 1:30 pm High 7:17 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 → 10:00 pm
67
3h
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
49
1h
Good
6:00 am → 7:30 am
49
1h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 10:00 am
48
1h 30m
First light
5:53 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
2:25 pm
Moonset
3:38 am
Low tide
12:52 am
High tide
7:32 am
Low tide
1:30 pm
High tide
7:17 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
60°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
70°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
81°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
88°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
99°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
106°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
90°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
71°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
56°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
32°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
360°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
338°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
300°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
255°
8 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
237°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
↙︎
SW
223°
3 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
66°
6 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
62°
13 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
64°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
66°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
69°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
72°
15 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
74°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
77°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m W
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
6am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
7am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
8am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
9am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
10am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
11am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Slight
8pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h NW (300°).

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