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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: W 248° · 33 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 7 s SW Water: 14.6 °C Pressure: 1022.0 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 76 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 SW 21 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 6:05 am Last light 7:57 pm
High 3:56 am Low 9:49 am High 3:56 pm Low 10:08 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
49
1h
Good
6:30 am → 7:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:05 am
Last light
7:57 pm
Sunrise
6:32 am
Sunset
7:30 pm
Moonrise
7:24 am
Moonset
10:23 pm
High tide
3:56 am
Low tide
9:49 am
High tide
3:56 pm
Low tide
10:08 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°
←︎
W
277°
23 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
295°
20 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
296°
25 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
300°
29 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
301°
30 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
300°
31 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
298°
30 km/h
7am
🌧️
10°
←︎
W
290°
28 km/h
8am
🌧️
10°
←︎
W
286°
29 km/h
9am
🌧️
12°
←︎
W
264°
29 km/h
10am
🌧️
12°
←︎
W
251°
35 km/h
11am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
250°
33 km/h
12pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
248°
33 km/h
1pm
☀️
13°
←︎
W
248°
33 km/h
2pm
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
246°
32 km/h
3pm
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
244°
31 km/h
4pm
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
239°
31 km/h
5pm
🌧️
11°
↙︎
SW
242°
29 km/h
6pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
238°
26 km/h
7pm
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
234°
24 km/h
8pm
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
234°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
231°
20 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
223°
22 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
224°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SW
12am
Calm
1am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 33 km/h W (248°).

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