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Seychelles · Inner islands / Mahé

Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin) should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

The public door. Victoria, Ste Anne, the granitic inner islands. More reef and blue water than Alphonse sand. GT on the edges, tuna and a dorado offshore. This is not the St François photograph. Modeled tide. SFA license.

  • ⚠ Seychelles requires an SFA license. Outer atolls are lodge water. Ste Anne and other parks are marked — verify before you fish.
8.0OF 10

Today

medium confidence

Morning line

Mahé 8.0 this morning. 19 mph SSE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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outgoing · 1.56 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW19MPH

From SSE · gust 25

Sky

9% rain

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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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48°92°

Today’s range 3.0 ft

outgoing

1.56 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighTue 9:19 AM · 1.56
  • LowTue 3:19 PM · -1.47
  • HighTue 10:19 PM · 1.44
  • LowWed 4:19 AM · -1.39
  • HighWed 10:19 AM · 1.32

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

Wednesday, August 26 · 8.9

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~2.7 ft · wind to 17 mph · Rain · 2%

Stay or drive · Mahé vs FarquharOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Mahé edge

    blue water · public structure · deep

    9.1

    The drop off the granitic islands. Tuna and a dorado. SFA license.

    • — blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin), Mahi-mahi.
    • — Troll, edge, or jig water — this is the method.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    7.1

    Tue 10:19 AM → Tue 5:19 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Tue 5:19 PM → Wed 12:19 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Tue 11:19 PM → Wed 6:19 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Wed 5:19 AM → Wed 12:19 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.5

    Wed 11:19 AM → Wed 6:19 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

Launch and beach access

Lodge and Victoria doors. SFA license. Outer atolls are not a freelance wade.

  • Victoria / Mahé

    Seychelles Fishing Authority

    The public inner-island door. Outer atolls are a plane, not a skiff ride.

    Official source

Legal water

No-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.

Why — and who

  • — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • — Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • — Wind 19 mph SSE. A workday on a real boat. Fly-and-teaser gets ugly.
  • — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Mahi-mahi

Coryphaena hippurus

8.4

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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

8.4

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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

8.4

Thermal window

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68°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Seychelles: verify SFA. Offshore, not the St François flat.

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

4.8

Thermal window

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66°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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

4.8

Thermal window

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66°88°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Seychelles: verify SFA.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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.