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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 317° · 16 km/h Swell: flat Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1016.6 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 10:00 am
Solunar 96 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Morning
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.7 °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 5:52 am Last light 8:07 pm
Low 2:30 am High 9:13 am Low 3:08 pm High 9:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
9:00 am → 11:00 am
61
2h
Good
7:30 pm → 11:30 pm
60
4h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
53
1h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
8:07 pm
Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
7:40 pm
Moonrise
3:28 pm
Moonset
4:02 am
Low tide
2:30 am
High tide
9:13 am
Low tide
3:08 pm
High tide
9:00 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
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
45°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
39°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
34°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
31°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
16°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
11°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
10°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
352°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
341°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
332°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
317°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
296°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
28°
←︎
W
284°
14 km/h
3pm
🌧️
27°
←︎
W
285°
6 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
→︎
E
82°
5 km/h
5pm
🌧️
25°
→︎
E
87°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
83°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
75°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
67°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
73°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
65°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
56°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
8pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
10pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.4° over the last 3 days
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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Wed
28 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NW (317°).

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