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Merricks Beach

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 236° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 21 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 7 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:12 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 1:37 am Low 7:34 am High 1:43 pm Low 7:44 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 8:30 am
69
2h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 3:00 am
52
1h 30m
First light
6:12 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
6:59 am
Moonset
9:22 pm
High tide
1:37 am
Low tide
7:34 am
High tide
1:43 pm
Low tide
7:44 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
353°
32 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
341°
28 km/h
2am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
331°
30 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
291°
16 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
297°
9 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
280°
9 km/h
6am
🌧️
15°
↑︎
N
339°
7 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
298°
9 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
285°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
279°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
249°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
23 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
236°
19 km/h
1pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
245°
21 km/h
2pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
249°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
230°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
236°
23 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
229°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
232°
14 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
235°
10 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
285°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
277°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
276°
20 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
264°
24 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
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h SW (236°).

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