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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 295° · 6 km/h Swell: flat Water: 17.3 °C Pressure: 1019.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 67 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 76 out of 100 17.3 °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 5:53 am Last light 8:06 pm
Low 2:03 am High 8:26 am Low 2:42 pm High 7:40 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:30 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 10:00 am
52
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
50
1h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:00 pm
48
1h
First light
5:53 am
Last light
8:06 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
7:39 pm
Moonrise
2:24 pm
Moonset
3:37 am
Low tide
2:03 am
High tide
8:26 am
Low tide
2:42 pm
High tide
7:40 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
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
34°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
34°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
36°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
36°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
39°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
45°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
63°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
90°
2 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
111°
2 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
→︎
E
108°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
321°
1 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
308°
3 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↖︎
NW
295°
6 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
←︎
W
290°
9 km/h
2pm
🌧️
27°
←︎
W
292°
10 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
317°
4 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
66°
7 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
79°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
78°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
73°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
63°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
60°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
53°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.6° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
16.3°
Tue
20 Oct
16.5°
Wed
21 Oct
17.3°
Thu
22 Oct
17.7°
Fri
23 Oct
17.4°
Sat
24 Oct
16.3°
Sun
25 Oct
16.6°
Mon
26 Oct
16.5°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h NW (295°).

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