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Merricks Beach

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 340° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 16.7 °C Pressure: 1019.7 hPa → steady 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.7 °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 5:58 am Last light 8:10 pm
Low 12:31 am High 7:23 am Low 1:18 pm High 7:09 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 10:00 am
62
4h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 10:30 pm
58
3h
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
50
1h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:00 am
46
1h
First light
5:58 am
Last light
8:10 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:43 pm
Moonrise
2:30 pm
Moonset
3:41 am
Low tide
12:31 am
High tide
7:23 am
Low tide
1:18 pm
High tide
7:09 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
49°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
37°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
18°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
14°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
10°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
6°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
353°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
346°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
341°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
340°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
339°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
343°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
348°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
352°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
355°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
7°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
82°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
83°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
71°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
65°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
16.7°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (340°).

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