On This Water

Bahamas · Grand Bahama

Bonefish are in the mix — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.

5.9OF 10

Today

medium confidence

Morning line

G. Bahama 5.9 this morning. wind not in yet. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-1.5-0.8-0.00.71.5HLHLHLHLNOWMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PMThu 8 PM
incoming · 1.07 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESWMPH

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

48°92°

Today’s range 2.2 ft

incoming

1.07 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighTue 2:21 AM · 1.10
  • LowTue 8:21 AM · -1.07
  • HighTue 2:21 PM · 1.03
  • LowTue 8:21 PM · -0.98
  • HighWed 2:21 AM · 0.92

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Tuesday, August 25 · 9.7

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.2 ft · wind to 10 mph · Clouds · 7%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

No marks match this method on this water.

When

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Tue 2:21 AMTue 4:21 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Tue 3:21 AMTue 10:21 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.5

    Tue 9:21 AMTue 4:21 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Tue 3:21 PMTue 10:21 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Tue 9:21 PMWed 4:21 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

  • Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

4.8

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

64°94°

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

Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

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

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.