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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 313° · 28 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 6 s SW Water: 17.4 °C Pressure: 1007.5 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 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 77 out of 100 17.4 °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 5:50 am Last light 8:08 pm
Low 3:00 am High 9:54 am Low 4:10 pm High 8:55 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 7:00 am
59
3h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 pm → 12:00 am
51
2h
First light
5:50 am
Last light
8:08 pm
Sunrise
6:18 am
Sunset
7:41 pm
Moonrise
4:33 pm
Moonset
4:26 am
Low tide
3:00 am
High tide
9:54 am
Low tide
4:10 pm
High tide
8:55 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
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
48°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
24°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
360°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
350°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
340°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
331°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
324°
21 km/h
9am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
319°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
316°
27 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
314°
28 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
313°
28 km/h
1pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
314°
28 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↖︎
NW
315°
26 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
316°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
316°
23 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
314°
21 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↖︎
NW
309°
20 km/h
7pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
300°
19 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
290°
18 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
←︎
W
279°
19 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
271°
19 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
266°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
9pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h NW (313°).

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