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Merricks Beach

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
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Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 232° · 25 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 8 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1023.5 hPa ↑ rising Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
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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 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 18 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °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 6:10 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 2:30 am Low 8:36 am High 2:21 pm Low 8:28 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
62
2h
Good
2:00 am → 3:30 am
58
1h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 3:30 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 8:30 am
51
2h 30m
First light
6:10 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
7:29 am
Moonset
10:27 pm
High tide
2:30 am
Low tide
8:36 am
High tide
2:21 pm
Low tide
8:28 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
281°
23 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
294°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
297°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
304°
22 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
299°
24 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
295°
24 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
291°
25 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
291°
24 km/h
8am
🌧️
11°
←︎
W
275°
23 km/h
9am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
247°
27 km/h
10am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
242°
27 km/h
11am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
234°
26 km/h
12pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
232°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
232°
26 km/h
2pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
227°
25 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
221°
26 km/h
4pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
219°
26 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
219°
25 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
221°
22 km/h
7pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
214°
20 km/h
8pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
211°
18 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
211°
17 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
203°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↓︎
S
196°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m SW
12am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
1am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9pm
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h SW (232°).

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