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Merricks Beach

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 352° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1028.4 hPa → steady 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 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 70 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 64 out of 100 15.4 °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 6:06 am Last light 8:05 pm
High 4:23 am Low 10:11 am High 4:10 pm Low 10:11 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
57
2h 30m
Good
8:00 pm → 8:30 pm
47
30m
Good
5:00 pm → 5:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
9:32 am
Moonset
12:27 am
High tide
4:23 am
Low tide
10:11 am
High tide
4:10 pm
Low tide
10:11 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
89°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
84°
20 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
→︎
E
81°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
74°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
75°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
75°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
74°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↗︎
NE
64°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
71°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
39°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
48°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
352°
8 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
340°
7 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↙︎
SW
217°
1 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
185°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
162°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
149°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
138°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
127°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
117°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↘︎
SE
120°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
109°
12 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
94°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h N (352°).

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