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Merricks Beach

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 151° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1031.3 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SE 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:09 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 3:07 am Low 9:04 am High 2:58 pm Low 8:58 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
50
1h
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
49
1h 30m
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:09 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
8:04 am
Moonset
11:29 pm
High tide
3:07 am
Low tide
9:04 am
High tide
2:58 pm
Low tide
8:58 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
199°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
195°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
192°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
187°
13 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
195°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
200°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
191°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
176°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
165°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
154°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
151°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
154°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
151°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
151°
15 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
151°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
152°
16 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
148°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
148°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
144°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
141°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
143°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
145°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.9 m SW
12am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h SE (151°).

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