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Merri River (Dennington)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merri River (Dennington)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 320° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1006.3 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 75 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:23 pm
High 2:00 am Low 6:15 am High 12:20 pm Low 7:12 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:30 pm
48
2h
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:23 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:56 pm
Moonrise
4:49 pm
Moonset
4:41 am
High tide
2:00 am
Low tide
6:15 am
High tide
12:20 pm
Low tide
7:12 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
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
39°
4 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
4°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
355°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
349°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
13 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
345°
14 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
15 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
346°
16 km/h
9am
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
345°
16 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
342°
15 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
335°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
320°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
294°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
269°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
255°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
248°
24 km/h
5pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
26 km/h
6pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
248°
25 km/h
7pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
254°
23 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
264°
21 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
277°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
290°
18 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
297°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.9 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Tue
20 Oct
16.0°
Wed
21 Oct
16.1°
Thu
22 Oct
16.4°
Fri
23 Oct
16.6°
Sat
24 Oct
16.1°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Mon
26 Oct
16.3°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (320°).

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