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McCrae Beach

Sun 25 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 McCrae Beach
full · 99%
Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 118° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.4 °C Pressure: 1013.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-west · Offshore: E, SE, S · Onshore: W, NW, N · Forecast wind: offshore
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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 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 SE 17 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 77 out of 100 17.4 °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 5:54 am Last light 8:15 pm
Low 4:20 am High 10:20 am Low 5:00 pm High 11:30 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:30 pm
68
3h
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
61
2h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 2:00 pm
60
2h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
First light
5:54 am
Last light
8:15 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
7:48 pm
Moonrise
6:56 pm
Moonset
5:20 am
Low tide
4:20 am
High tide
10:20 am
Low tide
5:00 pm
High tide
11:30 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
☁️
13°
↘︎
SE
117°
5 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
114°
4 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
118°
3 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
127°
3 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
141°
2 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↘︎
SE
141°
3 km/h
6am
🌧️
12°
↘︎
SE
129°
3 km/h
7am
🌧️
13°
↘︎
SE
119°
5 km/h
8am
🌧️
13°
↘︎
SE
114°
7 km/h
9am
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
113°
9 km/h
10am
🌧️
14°
→︎
E
112°
11 km/h
11am
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
114°
12 km/h
12pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
118°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
125°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
133°
13 km/h
3pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
140°
14 km/h
4pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
147°
14 km/h
5pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
148°
16 km/h
7pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
144°
16 km/h
8pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
140°
17 km/h
9pm
🌧️
14°
↘︎
SE
136°
18 km/h
10pm
🌧️
13°
↘︎
SE
134°
19 km/h
11pm
🌧️
13°
↘︎
SE
135°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.5 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.4 m
@ 10 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
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5pm
0.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SE (118°).

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