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Bahamas · Eleuthera / Exuma edge

Bonefish 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 2026-11-17, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
7.9OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, November 17. Back to this morning

Morning line

Eleuthera 7.9 on Tuesday, November 17. 9 mph ESE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 0.77 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

53% lit

First quarter

neap range · 53%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 3.2 ft

incoming

0.77 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • LowTue 4:00 AM · -1.62
  • HighTue 10:00 AM · 1.62
  • LowTue 4:00 PM · -1.61
  • HighTue 10:00 PM · 1.58
  • LowWed 5:00 AM · -1.57

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: Bonefish.
    skiffwadefly

  • Current Cut

    channel gut · public structure · deep

    5.9

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

    • — channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    skiffspinfly

When

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.6

    Tue 11:00 AM → Tue 6:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Tue 5:00 PM → Wed 12:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Tue 11:00 PM → Wed 6:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Wed 6:00 AM → Wed 1:00 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.
  • — First quarter moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

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64°92°

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.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

4.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

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

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

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

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

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

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.