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Merricks Beach

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 352° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1023.0 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 92 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 94 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °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 6:01 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:10 am Low 11:51 am High 5:47 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
68
2h
Good
5:30 am → 8:30 am
62
3h
First light
6:01 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:28 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
12:24 pm
Moonset
2:41 am
High tide
6:10 am
Low tide
11:51 am
High tide
5:47 pm
Low tide
11:57 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
55°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
60°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
59°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
43°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
24°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
24°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
24°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
20°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
9°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
354°
18 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
348°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
343°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
340°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
340°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
343°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
349°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
7°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
30°
14 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
36°
15 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 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
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
16.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (352°).

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