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 2027-02-20, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Saturday, February 20. Back to this morning

Morning line

Andros 7.1 on Saturday, February 20. 1 mph NE. Overcast. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it

outgoing · -0.53 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

99% lit

Full

spring range · 99%

Water

No gauge

Water

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Today’s range 1.6 ft

outgoing

-0.53 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

HighSat 3:00 AM · 0.82
LowSat 10:00 AM · -0.80
HighSat 4:00 PM · 0.78
LowSat 10:00 PM · -0.74
HighSun 5:00 AM · 0.73

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.

Bights and creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
7.3
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
West side white sand
hard flat · field manual · skinny
6.7
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
6.7
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

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
9.1
Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.8
Sat 11:00 AM → Sat 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.8
Sat 5:00 PM → Sun 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
7.8
Sun 12:00 AM → Sun 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1
Sun 6:00 AM → Sun 1:00 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.
— Full 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

—

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

—

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

—

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.