On This Water

Bahamas · Abaco

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

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 2027-01-20, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
6.8OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, January 20. Back to this morning

Morning line

Abaco 6.8 on Wednesday, January 20. 8 mph E. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-1.3-0.70.00.71.3LHLHLHLHWed 7 AMThu 7 AMFri 7 AMSat 7 AM
outgoing · -0.96 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW8MPH

From E · gust 11

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

95% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 95%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.9 ft

outgoing

-0.96 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • LowWed 8:00 AM · -0.96
  • HighWed 2:00 PM · 0.93
  • LowWed 8:00 PM · -0.89
  • HighThu 2:00 AM · 0.84
  • LowThu 9:00 AM · -0.80

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

Monthly YOLO day

Monday, August 31 · 9.2

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.1 ft · wind to 16 mph · Clouds · 55%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks

    creek bight · field manual · mid

    7.3

    Pete's Pub is the bronze-foundry bar. The creeks behind it are the water.

    • creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    skiffflyspin
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar

    sand dropoff · field manual · mid

    7.1

    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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    skiffspinfly
  • The Marls

    hard flat · field manual · skinny

    6.1

    Wadeable, mangrove, skinny. The Abaco classroom. Verify post-Dorian access.

    • hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    skiffwadefly
  • Cherokee Sound

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    6.1

    Classic wade. Ocean influence. Wind is the whole problem.

    • hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    wadeskifffly

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.

  • Outgoing water

    7.7

    Wed 8:00 AMWed 10:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.7

    Wed 9:00 AMWed 4:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Wed 3:00 PMWed 10:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    7.7

    Wed 9:00 PMThu 4:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    7.7

    Thu 3:00 AMThu 10:00 AM

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

Why — and who

  • Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • Wind 8 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

64°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

4.8

Thermal window

66°92°

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

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Treat as incidental. 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.