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Merricks Beach

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 337° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.0 °C Pressure: 1016.8 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 73 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 74 out of 100 17.0 °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 5:57 am Last light 8:11 pm
Low 1:18 am High 8:15 am Low 2:04 pm High 8:16 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 11:00 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
60
2h
Good
8:30 am → 11:00 am
53
2h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 2:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:57 am
Last light
8:11 pm
Sunrise
6:24 am
Sunset
7:44 pm
Moonrise
3:33 pm
Moonset
4:07 am
Low tide
1:18 am
High tide
8:15 am
Low tide
2:04 pm
High tide
8:16 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
34°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
24°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
5°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
347°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
336°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
337°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
341°
19 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
335°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
327°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
323°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
334°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
13°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
48°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
11°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
23°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
27°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NW (337°).

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