Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) 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 — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.
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 2026-11-06, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, November 6. Back to this morning
incoming · -1.19 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From NNE · gust 11
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
12% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 12%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.4 ft
incoming
-1.19 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 7:00 AM · -1.24
- HighFri 2:00 PM · 1.18
- LowFri 8:00 PM · -1.16
- HighSat 2:00 AM · 1.13
- LowSat 8:00 AM · -1.08
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.7
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffwadefly - 7.7
East side ocean cays
hard flat · public structure · skinny
More weather, fewer people than the west-side lodge water.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffwadefly - 7.1
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffflyspin
When
Incoming water
9.5Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.2Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.1Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.5Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.5Sat 9:00 AM → Sat 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 1 mph NNE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as catch-and-release.
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: 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 (incoming) 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 (incoming) 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.