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Merri River (Dennington)

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merri River (Dennington)
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 146° · 16 km/h Swell: 2.4 m @ 10 s SW Water: 14.8 °C Pressure: 1032.4 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 60 out of 100 14.8 °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 6:19 am Last light 8:13 pm
High 2:42 am Low 9:10 am High 1:50 pm Low 8:07 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 → 7:30 am
55
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 5:00 am
51
1h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 4:30 pm
49
1h
First light
6:19 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:46 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
8:15 am
Moonset
11:40 pm
High tide
2:42 am
Low tide
9:10 am
High tide
1:50 pm
Low tide
8:07 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
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
194°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
190°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
190°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
181°
12 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
181°
12 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
160°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↘︎
SE
157°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
162°
9 km/h
8am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
168°
10 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
163°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
11°
↘︎
SE
157°
15 km/h
11am
☁️
11°
↘︎
SE
150°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
146°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
145°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
147°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
148°
17 km/h
4pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
143°
17 km/h
5pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
139°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
139°
20 km/h
7pm
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
131°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
124°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
113°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
9°
→︎
E
98°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.5 → 1.9 m SW
12am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
7am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
8am
2.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
9am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
10am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
11am
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
12pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
1pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
2pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
3pm
2.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
4pm
2.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
5pm
2.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
6pm
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h SE (146°).

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