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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 2026-07-19, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
7.6OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, July 19. Back to this morning

Morning line

Eleuthera 7.6 on Sunday, July 19. 9 mph ESE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 1.08 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW9MPH

From ESE · gust 11

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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

Moon

23% lit

Waxing crescent

mid range · 23%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 2.9 ft

incoming

1.08 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • LowSun 3:00 AM · -1.32
  • HighSun 9:00 AM · 1.35
  • LowSun 3:00 PM · -1.36
  • HighSun 10:00 PM · 1.41
  • LowMon 4:00 AM · -1.46

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

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Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    6.7

    Ocean swell and wind. When it lays down, it is the shot.

    • — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Permit.
    skiffwadefly

  • Current Cut

    channel gut · public structure · deep

    6.6

    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

    9.0

    Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 11:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    7.7

    Sun 10:00 AM → Sun 5:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sun 5:00 PM → Mon 12:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Sun 11:00 PM → Mon 6:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Mon 5:00 AM → Mon 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

  • — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • — Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
  • — Wind 9 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.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

8.4

Thermal window

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66°92°

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

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

4.8

Thermal window

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64°92°

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

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

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

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

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.