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 2027-01-01, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, January 1. Back to this morning
Morning line
Andros 7.1 on Friday, January 1. 10 mph E. Overcast. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · -0.36 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From E · gust 13
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
40% lit
Waning crescent
neap range · 40%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.1 ft
incoming
-0.36 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 5:00 AM · -1.54
- HighFri 12:00 PM · 1.51
- LowFri 6:00 PM · -1.53
- HighSat 12:00 AM · 1.53
- LowSat 6:00 AM · -1.52
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
- 6.8
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 - 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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffwadefly
When
Incoming water
9.7Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Fri 1:00 PM → Fri 8:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
7.7Fri 7:00 PM → Sat 2:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
7.7Sat 1:00 AM → Sat 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Sat 7:00 AM → Sat 2:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 10 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning crescent moon — neap 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.