Seychelles · Alphonse / St François
The Seychelles flats photograph. Giant trevally on the atoll edges, bones and Indo-Pacific permit on St François. Lodge water — this is not a freelance wade. Tide is a modeled Indian Ocean clock. There is no NOAA gauge. Not the Caribbean. Not a rooster.
Today
medium confidence
Morning line
Alphonse 8.3 this morning. wind not in yet. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
No wind reading
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Sky not in
Sky not in
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 2.9 ft
low slack
1.44 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
Seychelles tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge on these atolls.
Monthly YOLO day
Sunday, August 30 · 9.1
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.4 ft · wind to 31 mph · Rain · 25%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Alphonse ocean drop
blue water · public structure · deep
Outside the rim. Tuna and a GT that left the flat. Charted atoll, not a number we made up.
Outgoing water
8.5Tue 11:19 AM → Tue 6:19 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Tue 5:19 PM → Wed 12:19 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 11:19 PM → Wed 6:19 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4Wed 5:19 AM → Wed 12:19 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Wed 11:19 AM → Wed 7:19 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Lodge and Victoria doors. SFA license. Outer atolls are not a freelance wade.
Alphonse lodge
SFA / Alphonse Island
Lodge water. St François is the neighbor atoll. Not a freelance wade.
Official sourceNo-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.
Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)
Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
Seychelles: verify SFA. Offshore, not the St François flat.
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.
Florida: catch-and-release for Atlantic sail except a rare harvest tag. Federal HMS permit in federal waters. Texas/Bahamas: treat as C&R.
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.
Seychelles: verify SFA.
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.
Incidental on the reef. Not a GT.
Regs citedSeychelles Fishing Authority · current SFA license and harvest · rolls in 8 days. Outer atolls are lodge water. Giant trevally lives here. Not on Texas. Not in Puerto Rico.