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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 306° · 7 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1023.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 70 out of 100 16.3 °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 5:56 am Last light 8:03 pm
Low 12:57 am High 7:27 am Low 1:30 pm High 6:46 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
71
2h
Good
6:00 am → 8:30 am
55
2h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
48
1h
First light
5:56 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
7:36 pm
Moonrise
12:19 pm
Moonset
2:37 am
Low tide
12:57 am
High tide
7:27 am
Low tide
1:30 pm
High tide
6:46 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
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
50°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
48°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
59°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
77°
3 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
→︎
E
72°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
51°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↗︎
NE
31°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↗︎
NE
25°
3 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
66°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
107°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
→︎
E
96°
2 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
332°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
306°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
293°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
←︎
W
288°
6 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
304°
2 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
71°
8 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
77°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
71°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
67°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
68°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
57°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
52°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
43°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m E
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h NW (306°).

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