Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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 — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. 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 2026-12-17, 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.
- Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
- No NDBC on this desk
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Thursday, December 17. Back to this morning
Morning line
Alphonse 6.5 on Thursday, December 17. 21 mph SE. Overcast. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 1.84 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
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
54% lit
First quarter
neap range · 54%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.9 ft
outgoing
1.84 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighThu 7:00 AM · 2.00
- LowThu 1:00 PM · -1.99
- HighThu 7:00 PM · 1.95
- LowFri 2:00 AM · -1.97
- HighFri 8:00 AM · 1.98
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.
- 6.7
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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Giant trevally.
skiffwadefly - 6.7
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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Giant trevally.
skiffflywade
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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
9.1Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · incoming
9.1Thu 2:00 PM → Thu 9:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
7.2Thu 9:00 PM → Fri 4:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
7.2Fri 3:00 AM → Fri 10:00 AM
First light on incoming water.
Outgoing water
9.1Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM
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 outgoing (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.
- — First quarter moon — neap tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Seychelles: verify SFA. Lodge programs are typically catch-and-release. Not an Atlantic jack.
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.
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 (outgoing) 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.