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Merri River (Dennington)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merri River (Dennington)
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 15° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1024.7 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 37 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 17 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:17 pm
High 4:50 am Low 10:20 am High 2:00 pm Low 9:36 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 → 8:00 am
68
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
68
2h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:17 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:50 pm
Moonrise
11:35 am
Moonset
2:14 am
High tide
4:50 am
Low tide
10:20 am
High tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
9:36 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°
↗︎
NE
52°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
49°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
42°
16 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
38°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
31°
17 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
30°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
29°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
31°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
20°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
12°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
21°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
23°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
31°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
37°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
40°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
44°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
49°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (15°).

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