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McCrae Beach

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 230° · 29 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 15.6 °C Pressure: 1023.5 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 85 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 71 out of 100 SW 24 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 6:11 am Last light 8:02 pm
High 4:30 am Low 10:00 am Low 9:00 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 → 9:00 pm
49
1h 30m
Good
2:30 am → 3:30 am
46
1h
Good
3:00 pm → 3:30 pm
46
30m
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
45
30m
First light
6:11 am
Last light
8:02 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
7:35 pm
Moonrise
7:30 am
Moonset
10:27 pm
High tide
4:30 am
Low tide
10:00 am
Low tide
9:00 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
☀️
12°
←︎
W
285°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
295°
26 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
302°
26 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
306°
27 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
305°
27 km/h
5am
☁️
11°
↖︎
NW
300°
27 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
298°
26 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
289°
28 km/h
8am
🌧️
11°
←︎
W
258°
26 km/h
9am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
240°
36 km/h
10am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
240°
31 km/h
11am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
234°
29 km/h
12pm
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
230°
29 km/h
1pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
228°
29 km/h
2pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
221°
30 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
219°
30 km/h
4pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
219°
30 km/h
5pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
221°
29 km/h
6pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
218°
27 km/h
7pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
213°
25 km/h
8pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
211°
24 km/h
9pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
209°
23 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
203°
22 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
198°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 29 km/h SW (230°).

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