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McCrae Beach

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 6° · 25 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1022.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 93 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 55 out of 100 N 22 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.4 °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 6:02 am Last light 8:08 pm
High 6:33 am Low 12:34 pm High 5:55 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
63
2h
Good
6:00 am → 8:30 am
57
2h 30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:41 am
High tide
6:33 am
Low tide
12:34 pm
High tide
5:55 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
57°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
47°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
33°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
23°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
23°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
19°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
17°
17 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
12°
19 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
12°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
6°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
6°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
11°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
14°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
13°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
15°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
17°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
33°
20 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
31°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
15.7°
Sat
17 Oct
16.0°
Sun
18 Oct
16.4°
Mon
19 Oct
16.4°
Tue
20 Oct
16.8°
Wed
21 Oct
17.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.5°
Fri
23 Oct
17.6°
Sat
24 Oct
17.3°
Sun
25 Oct
17.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h N (6°).

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