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McCrae Beach

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 340° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.7 °C Pressure: 1028.5 hPa → steady Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 57 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 66 out of 100 15.7 °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 8:05 pm
High 5:34 am Low 10:36 am High 3:50 pm Low 10:47 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
67
2h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:00 pm
49
1h
First light
6:07 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:38 pm
Moonrise
9:33 am
Moonset
12:27 am
High tide
5:34 am
Low tide
10:36 am
High tide
3:50 pm
Low tide
10:47 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
☁️
13°
→︎
E
90°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
→︎
E
89°
23 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
80°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
73°
18 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
76°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
79°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
→︎
E
74°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
61°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
57°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
42°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
340°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
310°
4 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
176°
3 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
154°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
134°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
130°
18 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
127°
20 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
117°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
110°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
107°
19 km/h
10pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
100°
18 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
→︎
E
90°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h N (340°).

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