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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 261° · 27 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.0 °C Pressure: 1013.2 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 28 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NW 26 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.0 °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 6:07 am Last light 7:56 pm
High 2:47 am Low 8:53 am High 2:47 pm Low 9:20 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
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
48
1h
Good
2:00 am → 2:30 am
47
30m
First light
6:07 am
Last light
7:56 pm
Sunrise
6:33 am
Sunset
7:29 pm
Moonrise
6:54 am
Moonset
9:18 pm
High tide
2:47 am
Low tide
8:53 am
High tide
2:47 pm
Low tide
9:20 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
352°
24 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
27 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
339°
30 km/h
3am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
323°
31 km/h
4am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
295°
30 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
285°
16 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
294°
26 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
308°
24 km/h
8am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
294°
21 km/h
9am
☁️
18°
←︎
W
285°
21 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
277°
25 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
260°
26 km/h
12pm
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
261°
27 km/h
1pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
253°
27 km/h
2pm
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
254°
27 km/h
3pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
256°
28 km/h
4pm
☁️
14°
←︎
W
253°
32 km/h
5pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
255°
29 km/h
6pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
258°
27 km/h
7pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
260°
25 km/h
8pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
263°
24 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
267°
24 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
266°
25 km/h
11pm
☁️
12°
←︎
W
269°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
12pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h W (261°).

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