This is the best (I hope they don't change it) season for meg hunting in probably 3 years.
There is a specific reason for that, the time is carrying over.
There are 3 types of organic meg spawns. One is around 4-5 in game days, One skips that and is right around 8 days (I have a theory as to what causes this but I'm not sure) and then a more rare spawn (which might be causing the 8 day spawns for other people) which is within the first 15 minutes of a session or around 15 after killing a meg.
What is super super duper awesome this season is that they are carrying over those wait times after sinks, merges, and dives.
They could change this in the future (I really hope they don't) but as of right now feel free to take risks, get merged, and dive as meg enjoyers and/or meg hunters.
I put it to the test over the last week+ and have maintained the same consistency I always do, which was not possible pre-season 11.
Still a significant amount of strategy involved but the important part is that people can just play right now and have fun and will have more consistent spawns (if they maintain one organic session). An old school server hop is still a reset but all the in game happenings are fine now for a meg hunt/spawn.
Get after those shrouded ghosts imo. Work on those comms, get those ancient bone dusts, level that merchant.
You can also scuttle and maintain that timer on the same session right now. Can be useful for the meg hunters that want to both avoid combat and want to get outta there before a meg spawns so they don't lose it. This can help the more passive pirates that enjoy megs.