Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Bahamas · Grand Bahama
Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-02-13, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
- No NDBC on this desk
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, February 13. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 6.9 on Friday, February 13. 3 mph SSE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · -0.85 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 3
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
14% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 14%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.3 ft
incoming
-0.85 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 6:00 AM · -1.23
- HighFri 1:00 PM · 1.18
- LowFri 7:00 PM · -1.16
- HighSat 1:00 AM · 1.13
- LowSat 7:00 AM · -1.08
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.7
West End pancakes
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Big singles on foot. No push pole between you and the fish. Oct–June.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly - 6.7
East End flats
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly
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
9.1Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · outgoing
8.8Fri 2:00 PM → Fri 9:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
7.8Fri 8:00 PM → Sat 3:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.1Sat 2:00 AM → Sat 9:00 AM
First light on outgoing water.
Incoming water
9.1Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 3 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) 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.