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Merricks Beach

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
first quarter · 42%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 344° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1026.6 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 75 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:03 am Last light 8:07 pm
High 5:34 am Low 11:18 am High 5:13 pm Low 11:20 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 8:00 am
71
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
59
2h
Good
11:00 am → 12:30 pm
54
1h 30m
First light
6:03 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
11:23 am
Moonset
2:03 am
High tide
5:34 am
Low tide
11:18 am
High tide
5:13 pm
Low tide
11:20 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
102°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
97°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
84°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
64°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
47°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
7°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
350°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
343°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
338°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
337°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
342°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
348°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
344°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
340°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
336°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
336°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
350°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
104°
3 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
133°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
115°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
103°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
86°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
62°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Sat
24 Oct
16.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h N (344°).

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