Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Thermal window
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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.
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 2026-04-17, 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
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, April 17. Back to this morning
Morning line
Farquhar 7.2 on Friday, April 17. 22 mph SE. Overcast. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · -0.64 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 28
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
0% lit
New
spring range · 0%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.8 ft
incoming
-0.64 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 6:00 AM · -0.89
- HighFri 1:00 PM · 0.88
- LowFri 7:00 PM · -0.88
- HighSat 1:00 AM · 0.87
- LowSat 8:00 AM · -0.89
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 · 76%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 7.8
Farquhar passes
pass jetty · public structure · mid
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 - 7.3
Farquhar lagoon
hard flat · public structure · skinny
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
8.6Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · outgoing
8.3Fri 2:00 PM → Fri 9:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
7.2Fri 8:00 PM → Sat 3:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
8.6Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
First light on outgoing water.
Incoming water
8.6Sat 9:00 AM → Sat 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
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).
- — Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 22 mph SE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
- — New moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Thermal window
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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
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. 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.