On This Water

Seychelles · Farquhar Atoll

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. 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 2026-08-06, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • Seychelles requires an SFA license. Outer atolls are lodge water. Ste Anne and other parks are marked — verify before you fish.
6.5OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Thursday, August 6. Back to this morning

Morning line

Farquhar 6.5 on Thursday, August 6. 22 mph SE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-2.6-1.30.01.32.6HLHLHLHLThu 4 AMFri 4 AMSat 4 AMSun 4 AM
outgoing · 1.64 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW22MPH

From SE · gust 26

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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

Moon

48% lit

Last quarter

neap range · 48%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 3.8 ft

outgoing

1.64 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighThu 7:00 AM · 1.90
  • LowThu 1:00 PM · -1.90
  • HighThu 7:00 PM · 1.88
  • LowFri 1:00 AM · -1.85
  • HighFri 8:00 AM · 1.84

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

Tuesday, August 25 · 6.8

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.8 ft · wind to 24 mph · Rain · 15%

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

    7.4

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

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

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    6.1

    The inside sand. Bones first. Lodge water.

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

When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. 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.

  • Outgoing water

    8.2

    Thu 8:00 AMThu 3:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Thu 2:00 PMThu 9:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Thu 8:00 PMFri 3:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Fri 2:00 AMFri 10:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.2

    Fri 9:00 AMFri 4:00 PM

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

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 outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • Wind 22 mph SE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
  • Last quarter moon — neap tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Giant trevally

Caranx ignobilis

6.6

Thermal window

68°94°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

4.8

Thermal window

64°92°

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

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

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.