Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Seychelles: treat as C&R. Lodge and SFA rules on the outer atolls.
Seychelles · Alphonse / St François
Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.
The Seychelles flats photograph. Giant trevally on the atoll edges, bones and Indo-Pacific permit on St François. Lodge water — this is not a freelance wade. Tide is a modeled Indian Ocean clock. There is no NOAA gauge. Not the Caribbean. Not a rooster.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-04-12, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- ⚠ Seychelles requires an SFA license. Outer atolls are lodge water. Ste Anne and other parks are marked — verify before you fish.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, April 12. Back to this morning
Morning line
Alphonse 7.4 on Sunday, April 12. 19 mph SE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.85 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 25
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Partly cloudy
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
26% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 26%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.7 ft
incoming
1.85 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighSun 8:00 AM · 1.85
- LowSun 3:00 PM · -1.81
- HighSun 9:00 PM · 1.80
- LowMon 3:00 AM · -1.77
- HighMon 9:00 AM · 1.73
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
Sunday, August 30 · 7.0
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.4 ft · wind to 30 mph · Clouds · 36%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.9
St François flats
hard flat · public structure · skinny
The named neighbor atoll. Bones and Indo-Pacific permit. Lodge water. Do not freelance a park.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit, Giant trevally.
skiffwadefly - 7.3
Alphonse lagoon
hard flat · public structure · skinny
Inside the rim. Sight water. The GT lives on the edge, not in the bathtub.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Giant trevally.
skiffflywade
When
Incoming water
9.1Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Sun 9:00 AM → Sun 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.8Sun 4:00 PM → Sun 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.8Sun 10:00 PM → Mon 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Mon 4:00 AM → Mon 11:00 AM
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.
Alphonse lodge
SFA / Alphonse Island
Lodge water. St François is the neighbor atoll. Not a freelance wade.
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 incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 19 mph SE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
- — Waning crescent 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.
Seychelles: Indo-Pacific permit / snubnose. Treat as C&R. Lodge and SFA rules. Not a Keys merkin fish with a different latin name pretending to be the same.
Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Seychelles: verify SFA. Lodge programs are typically catch-and-release. Not an Atlantic jack.
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.
Incidental on the reef. Not a GT.
Regs citedSeychelles Fishing Authority · current SFA license and harvest · rolls in 7 days. Outer atolls are lodge water. Giant trevally lives here. Not on Texas. Not in Puerto Rico.