Bahamas · Andros

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

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 2026-05-03, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, May 3. Back to this morning

Morning line

Andros 6.7 on Sunday, May 3. 10 mph ENE. Overcast. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it

high slack · 0.75 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

From ENE · gust 13

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Overcast

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

Moon

97% lit

Waning gibbous

spring range · 97%

Water

No gauge

Water

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Today’s range 1.7 ft

high slack

0.75 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

HighSun 7:00 AM · 0.76
LowSun 2:00 PM · -0.81
HighSun 8:00 PM · 0.85
LowMon 2:00 AM · -0.88
HighMon 9:00 AM · 0.91

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%

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

rain

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.

Bights and creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
6.5
Resident tarpon Apr–Oct. Bones on the creek mouths on a moving tide.
- — creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Bonefish.
skiffflyspin
West side white sand
hard flat · field manual · skinny
6.2
The cathedral. Schools by the acre, double-digit singles at dusk. Oct–June is the honest peak.
- — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
skiffwadefly
East side ocean cays
hard flat · public structure · skinny
6.2
More weather, fewer people than the west-side lodge water.
- — hard flat on a high slack 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
9.7
Sun 9:00 AM → Sun 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4
Sun 3:00 PM → Sun 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.3
Sun 9:00 PM → Mon 4:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7
Mon 3:00 AM → Mon 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7
Mon 10:00 AM → Mon 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

— Tide is high slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
— Wind 10 mph ENE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
— Waning gibbous moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

7.3

Thermal window

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In peak season for this water.

Bahamas: treat as catch-and-release.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

7.3

Thermal window

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In peak season for this water.

Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

7.3

Thermal window

—

In peak season for this water.

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. 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.