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 · Eleuthera / Exuma edge
Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.
East-side ocean flats, Current Cut, the Exuma bank if you keep going. Permit and bones, more weather than Andros.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-06-19, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, June 19. Back to this morning
Morning line
Eleuthera 8.1 on Friday, June 19. 10 mph ESE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.13 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 12
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
19% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 19%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.7 ft
incoming
1.13 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 3:00 AM · -1.23
- HighFri 9:00 AM · 1.28
- LowFri 3:00 PM · -1.32
- HighFri 9:00 PM · 1.35
- LowSat 3:00 AM · -1.36
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.3
Eleuthera east ocean flats
hard flat · public structure · skinny
Ocean swell and wind. When it lays down, it is the shot.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
skiffwadefly - 6.6
Current Cut
channel gut · public structure · deep
Named cut. Current is the whole fishery. Not a beginner wade.
- — channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Permit.
skiffspinfly
When
Incoming water
9.9Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.9Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.6Fri 4:00 PM → Fri 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.6Fri 10:00 PM → Sat 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.9Sat 5:00 AM → Sat 12:00 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).
- — Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 10 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
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.