Bahamas · Andros

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

Bonefish capital. West-side white sand, schools by the acre, double-digit singles. Creeks and bights hold tarpon. Permit on the west side and outer cays May–October.

⚠ This brief is for 2026-02-18. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.

Tide + moon

low confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, February 18. Back to this morning

Morning line

Andros 8.4 on Wednesday, February 18 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it

outgoing · 0.48 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

No wind reading

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Sky not in

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

Moon

2% lit

Waxing crescent

spring range · 2%

Water

No gauge

Water

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Today’s range 1.7 ft

outgoing

0.48 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

HighWed 6:00 AM · 0.76
LowWed 1:00 PM · -0.77
HighWed 7:00 PM · 0.82
LowThu 1:00 AM · -0.86
HighThu 7:00 AM · 0.89

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

Stay or drive · Andros vs Abaco Open the calendar Morning dispatch

Next two weeks

Look at the water, not the table

Full calendar

Tue

Δ2.3ft

Wed

Δ1.9ft

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

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

West side white sand
hard flat · field manual · skinny
7.7
The cathedral. Schools by the acre, double-digit singles at dusk. Oct–June is the honest peak.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
skiffwadefly
East side ocean cays
hard flat · public structure · skinny
7.7
More weather, fewer people than the west-side lodge water.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
skiffwadefly
Bights and creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
7.5
Resident tarpon Apr–Oct. Bones on the creek mouths on a moving tide.
- — creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffflyspin

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
9.4
Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1
Wed 2:00 PM → Wed 9:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.0
Wed 8:00 PM → Thu 3:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4
Thu 2:00 AM → Thu 9:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4
Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

— Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Waxing crescent moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

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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

6.6

Thermal window

—

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

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

Bahamas: treat as catch-and-release.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

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.

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

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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.