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Merri River (Dennington)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 255° · 26 km/h Swell: 2.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.5 °C Pressure: 1016.6 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 6 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 16 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.5 °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 6:23 am Last light 8:11 pm
High 1:50 am Low 8:26 am High 1:15 pm Low 7:23 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:00 am
63
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
62
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 3:30 am
56
2h
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
48
30m
First light
6:23 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:49 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
7:10 am
Moonset
9:33 pm
High tide
1:50 am
Low tide
8:26 am
High tide
1:15 pm
Low tide
7:23 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
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
315°
10 km/h
1am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
298°
14 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
↖︎
NW
296°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
285°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
280°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
275°
14 km/h
6am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
264°
16 km/h
7am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
256°
18 km/h
8am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
250°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
250°
20 km/h
10am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
253°
22 km/h
11am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
253°
26 km/h
12pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
255°
26 km/h
1pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
254°
29 km/h
2pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
257°
30 km/h
3pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
261°
31 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
265°
32 km/h
5pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
264°
31 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
267°
29 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
267°
26 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
273°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
275°
25 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
284°
21 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
298°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~2.1 m SW
12am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
2.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10pm
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11pm
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h W (255°).

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