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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing crescent · 14%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 80° · 26 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 6 s SW Water: 14.6 °C Pressure: 1030.9 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 76 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 59 out of 100 14.6 °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 6:02 am Last light 7:59 pm
High 5:30 am Low 11:37 am High 4:47 pm Low 11:20 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
60
3h
Good
4:30 pm → 5:00 pm
48
30m
First light
6:02 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:29 am
Sunset
7:32 pm
Moonrise
8:39 am
Moonset
—
High tide
5:30 am
Low tide
11:37 am
High tide
4:47 pm
Low tide
11:20 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
☀️
7°
↗︎
NE
65°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
6°
↗︎
NE
45°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
5°
↗︎
NE
37°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
6°
↗︎
NE
46°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
6°
↗︎
NE
48°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
5°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
6°
↗︎
NE
55°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
7°
↗︎
NE
62°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
10°
→︎
E
71°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
83°
19 km/h
10am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
80°
24 km/h
11am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
72°
27 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
80°
26 km/h
1pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
90°
26 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
94°
28 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
96°
28 km/h
4pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
93°
28 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
88°
27 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
84°
27 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
→︎
E
85°
25 km/h
8pm
☁️
13°
→︎
E
83°
26 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
→︎
E
78°
26 km/h
10pm
☁️
12°
→︎
E
72°
25 km/h
11pm
☁️
12°
→︎
E
72°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SE
12am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h E (80°).

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