On This Water

Bahamas · Eleuthera / Exuma edge

Bonefish should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

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

  • This brief is for 2026-11-27, 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 Friday, November 27. Back to this morning

Morning line

Eleuthera 7.9 on Friday, November 27. 9 mph ESE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-2.1-1.00.01.02.1HLHLHLHLFri 7 AMSat 7 AMSun 7 AMMon 7 AM
outgoing · 0.84 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

91% lit

Waning gibbous

mid range · 91%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 2.3 ft

outgoing

0.84 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighFri 7:00 AM · 1.01
  • LowFri 1:00 PM · -1.06
  • HighFri 7:00 PM · 1.10
  • LowSat 1:00 AM · -1.13
  • HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.19

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

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Current Cut

    channel gut · public structure · deep

    6.7

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

    • channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    skiffspinfly
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    6.1

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

    • hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
    skiffwadefly

When

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Fri 8:00 AMFri 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Fri 2:00 PMFri 9:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Fri 8:00 PMSat 3:00 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 outgoing (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.
  • Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

64°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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

66°92°

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

Bahamas: catch-and-release.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.