On This Water

Seychelles · Farquhar Atoll

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Southern atoll. GT in the passes, bones on the lagoon. Farther, wilder, still lodge water. Modeled tide. Do not invent a honey hole on an atoll this mapped.

  • This brief is for 2026-03-30, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • Small-craft wind. The score is not a safety brief.
  • Seychelles requires an SFA license. Outer atolls are lodge water. Ste Anne and other parks are marked — verify before you fish.
  • Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
  • No NDBC on this desk
7.2OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Monday, March 30. Back to this morning

Morning line

Farquhar 7.2 on Monday, March 30. 24 mph SE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-2.1-1.0-0.01.02.0LHLHLHLHMon 4 AMTue 4 AMWed 4 AMThu 4 AM
incoming · 1.09 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW24MPH

From SE · gust 30

Buoy

No station

None

No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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

Moon

88% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 88%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 2.9 ft

incoming

1.09 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • LowMon 3:00 AM · -1.52
  • HighMon 9:00 AM · 1.45
  • LowMon 4:00 PM · -1.41
  • HighMon 10:00 PM · 1.37
  • LowTue 4:00 AM · -1.32

Seychelles tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge on these atolls.

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~2.4 ft · wind to 25 mph · Rain · 73%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Farquhar passes

    pass jetty · public structure · mid

    7.8

    The throats. GT on moving water. This is why the week is booked.

    • pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Giant trevally, Bonefish.
    skiffspinfly
  • Farquhar lagoon

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    7.3

    The inside sand. Bones first. Lodge water.

    • hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Bonefish, Giant trevally.
    skiffwadefly

When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.

  • Incoming water

    8.6

    Mon 8:00 AMMon 11:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.3

    Mon 11:00 AMMon 6:00 PM

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

  • Last light · incoming

    8.3

    Mon 5:00 PMTue 12:00 AM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    7.2

    Mon 11:00 PMTue 6:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    8.6

    Tue 5:00 AMTue 12:00 PM

    First light on incoming water.

Launch and beach access

Lodge and Victoria doors. SFA license. Outer atolls are not a freelance wade.

  • Farquhar lodge

    SFA / Farquhar

    Southern atoll door. Lodge and SFA rules.

    Official source

Legal water

No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.

No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.

Why — and who

  • Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • Wind 24 mph SE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
  • Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

64°92°

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

Seychelles: treat as C&R. Lodge and SFA rules on the outer atolls.

Giant trevally

Caranx ignobilis

8.4

Thermal window

68°94°

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

Seychelles: verify SFA. Lodge programs are typically catch-and-release. Not an Atlantic jack.

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 (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Incidental on the reef. Not a GT.

Regs citedSeychelles Fishing Authority · current SFA license and harvest · rolls in 7 days. Outer atolls are lodge water. Giant trevally lives here. Not on Texas. Not in Puerto Rico.