Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. 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 2026-10-30, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, October 30. Back to this morning
Morning line
Abaco 6.9 on Friday, October 30. 6 mph SE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.87 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 8
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
80% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 80%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.5 ft
incoming
0.87 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 3:00 AM · -1.12
- HighFri 9:00 AM · 1.14
- LowFri 4:00 PM · -1.18
- HighFri 10:00 PM · 1.23
- LowSat 4:00 AM · -1.27
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 ~2.1 ft · wind to 12 mph · Clouds · 8%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.4
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 - 7.3
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 - 6.8
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 - 6.7
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
When
Incoming water
9.7Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Fri 11:00 AM → Fri 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Fri 5:00 PM → Sat 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.3Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Sat 5:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
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).
- — Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 6 mph SE. 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.
6.6
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
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. Present, not peak. 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.