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McCrae Beach

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 5° · 20 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1015.4 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 · 6:30 am
Solunar 55 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 10 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 65 out of 100 15.6 °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 6:14 am Last light 8:00 pm
Low 4:15 am High 10:00 am Low 6:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 am → 7:30 am
67
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
48
1h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
6:33 am
Moonset
8:18 pm
Low tide
4:15 am
High tide
10:00 am
Low tide
6:00 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
☁️
14°
←︎
W
286°
1 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
309°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
307°
11 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
314°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
319°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
320°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
334°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
343°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
345°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
349°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
350°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
3°
19 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
20 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
7°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
15°
26 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
17°
25 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
12°
27 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
26 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
6°
27 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
5°
27 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
31 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
33 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
33 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
33 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h N (5°).

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