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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing crescent · 8%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 203° · 14 km/h Swell: flat Water: 14.6 °C Pressure: 1031.0 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★☆☆☆
Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 6:04 am Last light 7:58 pm
High 4:43 am Low 11:08 am High 4:10 pm Low 10:47 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 → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 4:30 am
50
1h
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
50
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 8:30 pm
50
1h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:31 pm
Moonrise
7:58 am
Moonset
11:25 pm
High tide
4:43 am
Low tide
11:08 am
High tide
4:10 pm
Low tide
10:47 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°
↙︎
SW
222°
21 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
219°
19 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
217°
17 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
218°
17 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↙︎
SW
212°
14 km/h
5am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
201°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
197°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
9°
↓︎
S
188°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
184°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
11°
↓︎
S
188°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
193°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
194°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
203°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
214°
14 km/h
2pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
217°
16 km/h
3pm
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
216°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
216°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
222°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
220°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
218°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
208°
8 km/h
9pm
☀️
9°
↓︎
S
183°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
8°
↘︎
SE
150°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
7°
→︎
E
82°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.5 → 0.2 m SW
12am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h SW (203°).

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