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 2026-05-15, 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 Friday, May 15. Back to this morning
Morning line
Alphonse 7.4 on Friday, May 15. 21 mph SE. Overcast. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.03 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 27
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
3% lit
Waning crescent
spring range · 3%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.3 ft
incoming
0.03 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 5:00 AM · -1.23
- HighFri 11:00 AM · 1.18
- LowFri 5:00 PM · -1.11
- HighSat 12:00 AM · 1.05
- LowSat 6:00 AM · -1.03
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 31 mph · Rain · 34%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 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
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
9.1Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.8Fri 12:00 PM → Fri 7:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.8Fri 6:00 PM → Sat 1:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Sat 1:00 AM → Sat 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Sat 7:00 AM → Sat 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
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).
- — Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 21 mph SE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
- — Waning crescent moon — spring 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.