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Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Port Franklin (Franklin River Harbour)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 254° · 25 km/h Swell: flat Water: 16.3 °C Pressure: 1014.5 hPa ↑ rising Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SW 12 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous 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 5:49 am Last light 8:09 pm
Low 4:13 am High 10:34 am Low 5:00 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 → 9:00 pm
62
1h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 7:00 am
52
2h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
48
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
48
1h
First light
5:49 am
Last light
8:09 pm
Sunrise
6:16 am
Sunset
7:42 pm
Moonrise
5:40 pm
Moonset
4:49 am
Low tide
4:13 am
High tide
10:34 am
Low tide
5:00 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
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
265°
20 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
267°
20 km/h
2am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
271°
19 km/h
3am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
275°
19 km/h
4am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
279°
19 km/h
5am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
279°
19 km/h
6am
🌧️
13°
←︎
W
277°
20 km/h
7am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
273°
21 km/h
8am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
269°
22 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
264°
24 km/h
10am
🌧️
15°
←︎
W
260°
25 km/h
11am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
257°
25 km/h
12pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
254°
25 km/h
1pm
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
25 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
247°
25 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
244°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
241°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
238°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
236°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
234°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
232°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
229°
9 km/h
10pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
225°
6 km/h
11pm
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
216°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
1am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
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
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 1.0° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
27 Oct
—
Wed
28 Oct
—
Thu
29 Oct
—
Fri
30 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h W (254°).

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