Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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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.
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 2026-03-18, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Wednesday, March 18. Back to this morning
Morning line
Andros 7.4 on Wednesday, March 18. 1 mph NE. Overcast. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.13 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From NE · gust 10
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
0% lit
New
spring range · 0%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.5 ft
outgoing
0.13 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighWed 5:00 AM · 0.77
- LowWed 11:00 AM · -0.72
- HighWed 6:00 PM · 0.73
- LowThu 12:00 AM · -0.73
- HighThu 7:00 AM · 0.71
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Sunday, August 30 · 9.2
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.9 ft · wind to 18 mph · Clouds · 67%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 8.0
Bights and creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
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: Tarpon, Bonefish.
skiffflyspin - 6.7
West side white sand
hard flat · field manual · skinny
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 - 6.7
East side ocean cays
hard flat · public structure · skinny
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
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
9.1Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 1:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.8Wed 1:00 PM → Wed 8:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.8Wed 7:00 PM → Thu 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Thu 1:00 AM → Thu 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Thu 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).
- — Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 1 mph NE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — New 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 (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as catch-and-release.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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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
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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.