Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Bahamas · Abaco
Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.
Sea of Abaco, Marls, Cherokee, the ocean cays. Wadeable Marls and skiff water both. Rebuilt after Dorian — verify which creeks and lodges are actually running.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-05-05, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Tuesday, May 5. Back to this morning
incoming · 0.94 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 13
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
87% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 87%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.2 ft
incoming
0.94 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowTue 3:00 AM · -0.97
- HighTue 9:00 AM · 1.03
- LowTue 3:00 PM · -1.08
- HighTue 9:00 PM · 1.11
- LowWed 3:00 AM · -1.13
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 8.4
Cherokee Sound
hard flat · public structure · skinny
Classic wade. Ocean influence. Wind is the whole problem.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
wadeskifffly - 7.7
The Marls
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Wadeable, mangrove, skinny. The Abaco classroom. Verify post-Dorian access.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffwadefly - 7.7
Great Guana ocean reef / bar
sand dropoff · field manual · mid
Nipper's sits on the dune above one of the prettier reefs. The bar is intel. The fish are on the ocean side.
- — sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Permit, Bonefish.
skiffspinfly - 7.1
Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
Pete's Pub is the bronze-foundry bar. The creeks behind it are the water.
- — creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffflyspin
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 10:00 AM → Tue 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.7Tue 4:00 PM → Tue 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.7Tue 10:00 PM → Wed 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Wed 4:00 AM → Wed 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 12 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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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
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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 7 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.