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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 325° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 6 s SW Water: 16.5 °C Pressure: 1020.3 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 54 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 71 out of 100 16.5 °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 5:55 am Last light 8:05 pm
Low 1:29 am High 8:00 am Low 2:04 pm High 7:15 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 → 9:30 pm
73
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 9:30 am
57
4h
Good
1:30 am → 2:00 am
46
30m
First light
5:55 am
Last light
8:05 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
1:21 pm
Moonset
3:09 am
Low tide
1:29 am
High tide
8:00 am
Low tide
2:04 pm
High tide
7:15 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
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
8 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
22°
8 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
21°
8 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
24°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
13°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
358°
10 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
354°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
20 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
342°
24 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
335°
25 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
325°
23 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
314°
21 km/h
2pm
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
307°
23 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↖︎
NW
318°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
327°
16 km/h
5pm
☁️
24°
↖︎
NW
312°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
320°
12 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
5 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
74°
7 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
73°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
54°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
37°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.1 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
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
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.4° over the last 3 days
Sat
17 Oct
15.1°
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
16.3°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h NW (325°).

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