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McCrae Beach

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 358° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.0 °C Pressure: 1028.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 68 out of 100 16.0 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:05 am Last light 8:06 pm
High 5:51 am Low 11:26 am High 4:38 pm Low 11:20 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
73
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
3h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
10:26 am
Moonset
1:19 am
High tide
5:51 am
Low tide
11:26 am
High tide
4:38 pm
Low tide
11:20 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°
→︎
E
90°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
→︎
E
84°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
76°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
78°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
→︎
E
77°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
63°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
28°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
30°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
4°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
355°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
357°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
359°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
355°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
4°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
120°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
118°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
114°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
113°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
114°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
111°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
104°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
97°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 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
Now
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
15.4°
Thu
15 Oct
15.5°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (358°).

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