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Merricks Beach

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
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Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 300° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1007.6 hPa ↑ rising 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 49 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 56 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 W 20 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:15 am Last light 7:58 pm
Low 5:20 am High 12:00 pm Low 5:53 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
62
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
62
2h 30m
Good
12:00 pm → 1:30 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
51
1h 30m
First light
6:15 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:41 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
6:08 am
Moonset
7:12 pm
Low tide
5:20 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
5:53 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
306°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
320°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
326°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
323°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
289°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
279°
20 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
280°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
288°
22 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
296°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
303°
22 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
301°
24 km/h
12pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
300°
24 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
302°
23 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
296°
25 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
290°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
275°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
285°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
304°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
324°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
326°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
318°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
313°
15 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
←︎
W
273°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h NW (300°).

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