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McCrae Beach

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 246° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1015.5 hPa ↑ rising Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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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 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 S 12 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:14 pm
Low 3:17 am High 9:36 am Low 4:30 pm High 10:26 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 pm → 9:30 pm
66
4h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 1:00 pm
57
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
56
2h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
51
1h 30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:14 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:47 pm
Moonrise
5:46 pm
Moonset
4:55 am
Low tide
3:17 am
High tide
9:36 am
Low tide
4:30 pm
High tide
10:26 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
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
236°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
243°
25 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
253°
25 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
264°
25 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
273°
25 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
278°
25 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
279°
25 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
278°
23 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
274°
22 km/h
9am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
268°
20 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
261°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
254°
17 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
246°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
235°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
224°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
215°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
207°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
201°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
189°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
182°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
172°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
159°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↘︎
SE
146°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.3°
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
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h SW (246°).

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