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Bahamas · Eleuthera / Exuma edge

Bonefish should be the day — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

East-side ocean flats, Current Cut, the Exuma bank if you keep going. Permit and bones, more weather than Andros.

  • This brief is for 2026-11-13, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
7.1OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, November 13. Back to this morning

Morning line

Eleuthera 7.1 on Friday, November 13. 9 mph ESE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-2.1-1.10.01.12.2HLHLHLHLFri 7 AMSat 7 AMSun 7 AMMon 7 AM
high slack · 1.12 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

14% lit

Waxing crescent

mid range · 14%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 2.6 ft

high slack

1.12 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighFri 7:00 AM · 1.13
  • LowFri 2:00 PM · -1.19
  • HighFri 8:00 PM · 1.25
  • LowSat 2:00 AM · -1.30
  • HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.33

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

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    5.5

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

    • hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    skiffwadefly
  • Current Cut

    channel gut · public structure · deep

    5.0

    Named cut. Current is the whole fishery. Not a beginner wade.

    • channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    skiffspinfly

When

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Fri 9:00 AMFri 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Fri 3:00 PMFri 10:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Fri 9:00 PMSat 4:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sat 3:00 AMSat 10:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Sat 9:00 AMSat 4:00 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. 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.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

7.3

Thermal window

64°92°

In peak season for this water.

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

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

3.7

Thermal window

66°92°

Off-season here.

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.5

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

3.7

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here.

Treat as incidental. 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.