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McCrae Beach

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 237° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1014.6 hPa ↑ rising Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 19 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 91 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 13 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 6:13 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 2:45 am High 11:00 am Low 8:30 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
54
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
2:30 am → 3:00 am
47
30m
First light
6:13 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
7:00 am
Moonset
9:23 pm
High tide
2:45 am
High tide
11:00 am
Low tide
8:30 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
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
36 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
36 km/h
2am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
281°
21 km/h
3am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
272°
19 km/h
4am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
297°
16 km/h
5am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
304°
8 km/h
6am
🌧️
15°
↖︎
NW
297°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
288°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
288°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
244°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
235°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
237°
25 km/h
12pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
237°
22 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
244°
25 km/h
2pm
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
231°
23 km/h
3pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
236°
30 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
229°
31 km/h
5pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
225°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
229°
19 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↙︎
SW
246°
14 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
274°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
269°
23 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
273°
23 km/h
11pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
274°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h SW (237°).

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