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Permit are the hunt — 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 2027-09-17, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
  • No NDBC on this desk
  • Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
5.9OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, September 17. Back to this morning

Morning line

Andros 5.9 on Friday, September 17. 3 mph NE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
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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

NESW3MPH

From NE · gust 8

Buoy

No station

None

No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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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48°92°

Today’s range 1.7 ft

high slack

0.75 ft modeled

Coast

No live coast layer

Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighFri 7:00 AM · 0.76
  • LowFri 2:00 PM · -0.80
  • HighFri 8:00 PM · 0.85
  • LowSat 2:00 AM · -0.88
  • HighSat 9:00 AM · 0.90

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.9 ft · wind to 11 mph · Clouds · 21%

Stay or drive · Andros vs AbacoOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

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

    5.8

    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.
    skiffflyspin

  • West side white sand

    hard flat · field manual · skinny

    5.5

    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: Permit.
    skiffwadefly

  • East side ocean cays

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    5.5

    More weather, fewer people than the west-side lodge water.

    • — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • — In-play: Permit.
    skiffwadefly

When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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

    Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Last light · incoming

    8.8

    Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    7.8

    Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    9.1

    Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM

    First light on incoming water.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Sat 10:00 AM → Sat 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).
  • — Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • — Wind 3 mph NE. 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

5.5

Thermal window

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68°94°

Present, not peak.

Bahamas: treat as catch-and-release.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

5.5

Thermal window

—

66°92°

Present, not peak.

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

3.7

Thermal window

—

64°92°

Off-season here.

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

—

64°94°

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

—

66°92°

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.