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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
first quarter · 32%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 104° · 10 km/h Swell: flat Water: 15.1 °C Pressure: 1029.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 76 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 69 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 62 out of 100 15.1 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:59 am Last light 8:01 pm
High 6:30 am Low 12:35 pm High 5:49 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
79
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
53
3h
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:01 pm
Sunrise
6:26 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
10:19 am
Moonset
1:14 am
High tide
6:30 am
Low tide
12:35 pm
High tide
5:49 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
☁️
11°
→︎
E
73°
9 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
→︎
E
68°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
61°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
58°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
56°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
57°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
60°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
→︎
E
77°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
94°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
99°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
Now
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
125°
8 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
137°
9 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
114°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
108°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
108°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
104°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
→︎
E
102°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
92°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
82°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
76°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
73°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Flat all day
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
Now
Calm
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: 10 km/h E (104°).

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