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Merricks Beach

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 249° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 7 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1015.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 11:30 pm
Solunar 90 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SE 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 5:54 am Last light 8:13 pm
Low 3:32 am High 10:04 am Low 4:17 pm High 10:56 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
63
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:30 pm
52
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
52
1h 30m
First light
5:54 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
5:45 pm
Moonset
4:54 am
Low tide
3:32 am
High tide
10:04 am
Low tide
4:17 pm
High tide
10:56 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
241°
20 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
248°
20 km/h
2am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
257°
19 km/h
3am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
267°
19 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
275°
19 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
279°
19 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
279°
19 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
277°
18 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
274°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
268°
17 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
262°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
256°
15 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
249°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
241°
15 km/h
2pm
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
232°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
223°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
216°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
210°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
204°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
197°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
188°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
173°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
155°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
139°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 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
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 16.4°
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
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h W (249°).

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