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 2026-08-21, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, August 21. Back to this morning

Morning line

Eleuthera 7.8 on Friday, August 21. 8 mph E. Clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it

incoming · -0.32 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

From E · gust 11

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

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

Moon

58% lit

First quarter

neap range · 58%

Water

No gauge

Water

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Today’s range 3.2 ft

incoming

-0.32 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

LowFri 5:00 AM · -1.60
HighFri 11:00 AM · 1.57
LowFri 6:00 PM · -1.58
HighSat 12:00 AM · 1.59
LowSat 6:00 AM · -1.58

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

Stay or drive · Eleuthera vs G. Bahama Open the calendar Morning dispatch

Next two weeks

Look at the water, not the table

Full calendar

Tue

Δ2.4ft

YOLO

Wed

Δ2.0ft

rain

Thu

Δ1.6ft

t-storm

Fri

Δ1.5ft

t-storm

Sat

Δ1.7ft

t-storm

Sun

Δ2.0ft

rain

Mon

Δ2.4ft

t-storm

Tue

Δ2.7ft

t-storm

Wed

Δ3.0ft

t-storm

Thu

Δ3.1ft

rain

Fri

Δ3.2ft

Sat

Δ3.2ft

Sun

Δ3.1ft

Mon

Δ2.9ft

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

Eleuthera east ocean flats
hard flat · public structure · skinny
7.7
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
6.8
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
9.1
Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0
Fri 1:00 PM → Fri 8:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0
Fri 7:00 PM → Sat 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0
Sat 1:00 AM → Sat 8:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0
Sat 7:00 AM → Sat 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

— Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Clear. Sky is workable.
— Wind 8 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
— First quarter moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

6.6

Thermal window

—

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

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

4.8

Thermal window

—

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

—

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

—

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.