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Merricks Beach

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 345° · 22 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1015.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 56 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 9 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.2 °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 6:13 am Last light 7:59 pm
High 12:35 am Low 6:34 am High 12:54 pm Low 6:49 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
79
2h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 2:30 am
60
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
58
2h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
51
1h
First light
6:13 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
6:33 am
Moonset
8:17 pm
High tide
12:35 am
Low tide
6:34 am
High tide
12:54 pm
Low tide
6:49 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
285°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
303°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
294°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
310°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
316°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
327°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
336°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
340°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
341°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
334°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
333°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
340°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
345°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
27 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
358°
27 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
25 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
353°
24 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
351°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
353°
23 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
360°
24 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
1°
25 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
355°
27 km/h
11pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
359°
28 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.7 → 1.1 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (345°).

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