On This Water

Mexico · Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

Yucatan flats. Bones, permit, and baby tarpon inside Sian Ka’an. Punta Allen is the village. Lodge water, biosphere rules. Tide is a modeled Caribbean clock — there is no NOAA gauge. Not Baja.

  • This brief is for 2027-02-14. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
  • Mexico requires a CONAPESCA license. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water — verify before you fish.
8.7OF 10

Tide + moon

low confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, February 14. Back to this morning

Morning line

Ascension 8.7 on Sunday, February 14 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-0.9-0.40.00.50.9LHLHLHLHSun 7 AMMon 7 AMTue 7 AMWed 7 AM
incoming · 0.18 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESWMPH

No wind reading

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Sky not in

Sky not in

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

Moon

57% lit

First quarter

neap range · 57%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.3 ft

incoming

0.18 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • LowSun 4:00 AM · -0.66
  • HighSun 11:00 AM · 0.65
  • LowSun 5:00 PM · -0.66
  • HighSun 11:00 PM · 0.66
  • LowMon 5:00 AM · -0.66

Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    8.4

    The village and the bay. Bones and permit. Sian Ka’an biosphere — lodge rules, not a freelance wade across the reserve.

    • hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
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  • Boca Paila

    sand dropoff · public structure · mid

    7.7

    Named inlet north of Ascension. Permit and a tarpon on the dump. Public geography.

    • sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Permit, Bonefish.
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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.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Sun 8:00 AMSun 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Sun 12:00 PMSun 7:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Sun 6:00 PMMon 1:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Mon 12:00 AMMon 7:00 AM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Mon 6:00 AMMon 1:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Launch and beach access

Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.

  • Punta Allen / Sian Ka’an

    Sian Ka’an Biosphere / CONAPESCA

    Village launch into Ascension Bay. Biosphere reserve. Lodge and park rules. CONAPESCA license.

    Official source

Legal water

No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.

No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.

Why — and who

  • Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • First quarter moon — neap tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

64°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Mexico: treat as C&R. Sian Ka’an / Ascension is biosphere water — lodge and CONAPESCA rules.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

6.6

Thermal window

66°92°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Mexico: treat as catch-and-release on the Yucatan flats. Verify CONAPESCA.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

68°94°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Mexico: treat as catch-and-release. Yucatan lodge water and CONAPESCA rules — verify before you keep anything.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Ciguatera is a real reason not to keep a big one.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.

Regs citedCONAPESCA recreational license · current CONAPESCA rules · rolls in 7 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.