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 2026-12-18, 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.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, December 18. Back to this morning
Morning line
Farquhar 6.3 on Friday, December 18. 22 mph SE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.85 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 26
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
64% lit
Waxing gibbous
neap range · 64%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.7 ft
incoming
1.85 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighFri 8:00 AM · 1.85
- LowFri 2:00 PM · -1.85
- HighFri 8:00 PM · 1.84
- LowSat 2:00 AM · -1.82
- HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.77
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.
- 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. 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
7.2Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.2Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.2Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
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 incoming (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.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — neap 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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Present, not peak. 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. 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.