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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Sun 11 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 312° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 8 s SW Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1016.0 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 57 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 6 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °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 6:08 am Last light 7:55 pm
High 1:26 am Low 7:55 am High 1:46 pm Low 8:22 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 → 8:00 am
65
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 9:30 pm
64
2h
Good
12:30 am → 2:30 am
62
2h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
50
1h
First light
6:08 am
Last light
7:55 pm
Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
7:28 pm
Moonrise
6:27 am
Moonset
8:13 pm
High tide
1:26 am
Low tide
7:55 am
High tide
1:46 pm
Low tide
8:22 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°
←︎
W
289°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
↖︎
NW
302°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
313°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
319°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
338°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
336°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
328°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
332°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
333°
13 km/h
9am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
326°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
317°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
309°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
312°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
311°
22 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
311°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
313°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
310°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
294°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
286°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
311°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
9 km/h
10pm
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h NW (312°).

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