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Merricks Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 330° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1028.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 77 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 73 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:04 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 4:58 am Low 10:46 am High 4:42 pm Low 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
68
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
52
1h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
3h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
10:25 am
Moonset
1:18 am
High tide
4:58 am
Low tide
10:46 am
High tide
4:42 pm
Low tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
14°
→︎
E
92°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
→︎
E
84°
15 km/h
2am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
76°
15 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
73°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
78°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
74°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
38°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
6°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
336°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
327°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
328°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
332°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
329°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
330°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
330°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
324°
3 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
139°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
128°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
131°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
129°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
127°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
120°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↘︎
SE
114°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
108°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Now
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
15.0°
Thu
15 Oct
15.2°
Fri
16 Oct
15.4°
Sat
17 Oct
15.8°
Sun
18 Oct
16.2°
Mon
19 Oct
16.1°
Tue
20 Oct
16.2°
Wed
21 Oct
16.7°
Thu
22 Oct
17.0°
Fri
23 Oct
16.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (330°).

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