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Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Shallow Inlet (Sandy Point)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 67° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 15 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:59 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 5:17 am Low 11:08 am High 5:00 pm Low 11:10 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 → 7:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 6:30 pm
46
1h
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
10:19 am
Moonset
1:16 am
High tide
5:17 am
Low tide
11:08 am
High tide
5:00 pm
Low tide
11:10 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
81°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
82°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
79°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
76°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
72°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
72°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
72°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
69°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
69°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
69°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
Now
☀️
20°
→︎
E
68°
8 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
122°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
147°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
133°
9 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
94°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
88°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
91°
20 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
90°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
91°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
87°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
83°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
77°
17 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Now
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.5 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 0.7° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
14.4°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NE (67°).

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