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McCrae Beach

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 161° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s SW Water: 15.4 °C Pressure: 1031.3 hPa → steady Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: offshore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 SE 12 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 6:10 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 4:48 am Low 9:20 am High 1:00 pm Low 9:24 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
56
2h
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
48
1h
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
47
1h
First light
6:10 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
8:05 am
Moonset
11:29 pm
High tide
4:48 am
Low tide
9:20 am
High tide
1:00 pm
Low tide
9:24 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
197°
19 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
196°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
194°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
191°
17 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
15 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↓︎
S
188°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
185°
18 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
179°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
171°
18 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
169°
17 km/h
11am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
163°
17 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
161°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
16 km/h
5pm
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
157°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
13°
↘︎
SE
152°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
152°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
153°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
144°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↘︎
SE
140°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↘︎
SE
143°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h S (161°).

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