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Merricks Beach

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 353° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 11 s SW Water: 16.2 °C Pressure: 1020.4 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 · 8:30 pm
Solunar 87 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 46 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.2 °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 6:00 am Last light 8:09 pm
High 6:47 am Low 12:28 pm High 6:20 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
64
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
56
2h
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
46
30m
First light
6:00 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:27 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
1:27 pm
Moonset
3:13 am
High tide
6:47 am
Low tide
12:28 pm
High tide
6:20 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
17 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
18 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
20 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
21 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
23 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
357°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
351°
22 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
23 km/h
12pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
23 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
346°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
348°
24 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
346°
21 km/h
4pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
338°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
353°
24 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
13 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
5 km/h
8pm
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
11°
6 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
13°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
56°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
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SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h N (353°).

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