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Merri River (Dennington)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merri River (Dennington)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 28° · 7 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1019.7 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 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 18 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °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 6:11 am Last light 8:19 pm
High 6:00 am Low 10:00 am High 1:00 pm Low 10:00 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 → 7:00 am
56
1h
Good
8:00 pm → 9:30 pm
50
1h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
46
1h
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:19 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:52 pm
Moonrise
1:38 pm
Moonset
3:24 am
High tide
6:00 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
1:00 pm
Low tide
10:00 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
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
20°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
20 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
21 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
6°
24 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
22 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
16°
21 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
18 km/h
7am
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
315°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
332°
10 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
338°
9 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
332°
10 km/h
11am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
358°
9 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
28°
7 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
34°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
359°
16 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
334°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
311°
19 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
316°
17 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
315°
12 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
329°
5 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
→︎
E
68°
2 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
105°
2 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
135°
1 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
243°
1 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m SW
12am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h NE (28°).

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