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Merewether Beach & Rock Platforms

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Merewether Beach & Rock Platforms
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 39° · 18 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 6 s E Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1018.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.6 °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 5:38 am Last light 7:36 pm
Low 12:32 am High 6:47 am Low 12:40 pm High 6:43 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
66
3h
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
60
2h
Good
10:00 pm → 11:30 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 12:00 pm
51
2h
First light
5:38 am
Last light
7:36 pm
Sunrise
6:03 am
Sunset
7:11 pm
Moonrise
4:11 pm
Moonset
4:01 am
Low tide
12:32 am
High tide
6:47 am
Low tide
12:40 pm
High tide
6:43 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
59°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
59°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
16 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
16 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
49°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
49°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
45°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
12 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
→︎
E
73°
15 km/h
1pm
🌧️
22°
→︎
E
75°
19 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
57°
24 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
65°
22 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
62°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
55°
24 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
48°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
44°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
45°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.2 m E
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 1.3° over the last 3 days
Tue
20 Oct
19.9°
Wed
21 Oct
19.8°
Thu
22 Oct
19.0°
Fri
23 Oct
18.6°
Sat
24 Oct
18.6°
Sun
25 Oct
18.9°
Mon
26 Oct
18.3°
Tue
27 Oct
18.2°
Wed
28 Oct
18.3°
Thu
29 Oct
18.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NE (39°).

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