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Merricks Beach

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merricks Beach
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 344° · 27 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.8 °C Pressure: 1009.8 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 73 out of 100 16.8 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:12 pm
Low 2:12 am High 9:12 am Low 2:55 pm High 9:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 12:00 am
62
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
49
1h 30m
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:12 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:45 pm
Moonrise
4:38 pm
Moonset
4:30 am
Low tide
2:12 am
High tide
9:12 am
Low tide
2:55 pm
High tide
9:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
52°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
5°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
354°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
349°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
23 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
348°
24 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
24 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
351°
24 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
349°
25 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
347°
26 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
344°
27 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
27 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
344°
26 km/h
2pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
342°
25 km/h
3pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
338°
22 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
329°
18 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
321°
16 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
268°
6 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
243°
8 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
230°
11 km/h
9pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
225°
13 km/h
10pm
🌧️
15°
↙︎
SW
222°
15 km/h
11pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
222°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.9 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Tue
20 Oct
16.2°
Wed
21 Oct
16.7°
Thu
22 Oct
17.0°
Fri
23 Oct
16.8°
Sat
24 Oct
16.4°
Sun
25 Oct
16.7°
Mon
26 Oct
16.7°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h N (344°).

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