Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Bahamas · Eleuthera / Exuma edge
Permit are the hunt — weather decides more than Andros; wait.
East-side ocean flats, Current Cut, the Exuma bank if you keep going. Permit and bones, more weather than Andros.
Today
medium confidence
Morning line
Eleuthera 6.3 this morning. 8 mph E. Clear · 3%. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 1.18 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From E · gust 11
Sky
3% rain
Clear
Clear · 3%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
91% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 91%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.3 ft
high slack
1.18 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighTue 1:20 AM · 1.18
- LowTue 8:20 AM · -1.13
- HighTue 2:20 PM · 1.10
- LowTue 8:20 PM · -1.06
- HighWed 2:20 AM · 1.00
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 9.1
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.4 ft · wind to 11 mph · Clouds · 3%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
No marks match this method on this water.
When
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:20 AM → Tue 10:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Tue 9:20 AM → Tue 4:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:20 PM → Tue 10:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 9:20 PM → Wed 4:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Wed 3:20 AM → Wed 10:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is high slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear · 3%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 8 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
5.5
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Thermal window
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Off-season here.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.
Regs citedBahamas flats and bonefish rules · current Bahamas guidance · rolls in 8 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.