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McCrae Beach

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 6° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.6 °C Pressure: 1007.4 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 18 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 78 out of 100 17.6 °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 8:13 pm
Low 2:15 am High 9:00 am Low 3:00 pm High 8:49 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
65
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
56
2h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
52
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 11:30 am
49
1h
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:13 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:46 pm
Moonrise
4:39 pm
Moonset
4:31 am
Low tide
2:15 am
High tide
9:00 am
Low tide
3:00 pm
High tide
8:49 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
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
23°
22 km/h
1am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
18 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
349°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
355°
19 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
7°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
11°
22 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
10°
22 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
6°
21 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
359°
21 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
349°
21 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
338°
21 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
328°
21 km/h
5pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
319°
21 km/h
6pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
306°
19 km/h
7pm
🌧️
23°
←︎
W
287°
18 km/h
8pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
265°
18 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
248°
20 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↙︎
SW
237°
23 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
233°
25 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
26 Oct
17.4°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h N (6°).

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