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Merewether Beach & Rock Platforms

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Merewether Beach & Rock Platforms
waxing crescent · 28%
Weather: Rainy Wind: S 197° · 30 km/h Swell: 2.3 m @ 8 s SE Water: 19.0 °C Pressure: 1031.1 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 55 out of 100 SW 27 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 19.0 °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 5:25 am Last light 6:10 pm
Low 4:45 am High 11:30 am Low 6:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 6:30 am
61
1h 30m
Good
4:00 pm → 7:30 pm
60
3h 30m
First light
5:25 am
Last light
6:10 pm
Sunrise
5:49 am
Sunset
5:45 pm
Moonrise
8:57 am
Moonset
11:55 pm
Low tide
4:45 am
High tide
11:30 am
Low tide
6:30 pm
High tide
11:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
184°
33 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
186°
32 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
190°
32 km/h
3am
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
195°
31 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
200°
30 km/h
5am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
208°
27 km/h
6am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
218°
24 km/h
7am
🌧️
11°
↙︎
SW
224°
23 km/h
8am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
218°
25 km/h
9am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
208°
28 km/h
10am
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
202°
31 km/h
11am
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
199°
31 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
197°
30 km/h
1pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
29 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
28 km/h
3pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
194°
28 km/h
4pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
194°
26 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
192°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
190°
20 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
188°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
185°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
182°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
183°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
201°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 2.2 m SE
12am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
1am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3am
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Solid
4am
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
5am
2.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
6am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
7am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9am
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
10am
2.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
11am
2.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
12pm
2.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
1pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
2pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
3pm
2.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
4pm
2.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
5pm
2.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
6pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Solid
7pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
8pm
2.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
9pm
2.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
10pm
2.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
11pm
2.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.4° over the last 3 days
Mon
14 Sep
19.4°
Tue
15 Sep
19.4°
Wed
16 Sep
19.3°
Thu
17 Sep
19.0°
Fri
18 Sep
18.9°
Sat
19 Sep
19.0°
Sun
20 Sep
19.1°
Mon
21 Sep
19.1°
Tue
22 Sep
19.1°
Wed
23 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 30 km/h S (197°).

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