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Merricks Beach

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 38° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.2 °C Pressure: 1029.7 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 4:00 am
Solunar 54 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 10 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:07 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 3:45 am Low 9:38 am High 3:35 pm Low 9:36 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 7:00 am
52
3h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:34 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
8:45 am
Moonset
—
High tide
3:45 am
Low tide
9:38 am
High tide
3:35 pm
Low tide
9:36 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
9°
↘︎
SE
133°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
8°
→︎
E
100°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
8°
→︎
E
98°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
7°
↘︎
SE
118°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
7°
↘︎
SE
120°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
7°
↘︎
SE
123°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
7°
↘︎
SE
121°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
118°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
9°
→︎
E
110°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
93°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↗︎
NE
65°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
51°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
38°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
44°
9 km/h
2pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
79°
8 km/h
3pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
95°
11 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
98°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
94°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
76°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
78°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
95°
20 km/h
9pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
97°
23 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
96°
24 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
95°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NE (38°).

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