Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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 — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-05-03, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, May 3. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 6.9 on Sunday, May 3. 8 mph SSE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.59 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 9
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Partly cloudy
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
97% lit
Waning gibbous
spring range · 97%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.7 ft
outgoing
0.59 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighSun 7:00 AM · 0.74
- LowSun 1:00 PM · -0.78
- HighSun 7:00 PM · 0.81
- LowMon 1:00 AM · -0.83
- HighMon 8:00 AM · 0.89
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 9.7
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.2 ft · wind to 10 mph · Clouds · 8%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.1
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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly - 6.1
East End flats
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly
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
9.7Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4Sun 2:00 PM → Sun 9:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.3Sun 8:00 PM → Mon 3:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Mon 3:00 AM → Mon 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Mon 9:00 AM → Mon 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 8 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. 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.