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Bonefish should be the day — this is a thinking wade — slack is a look.

East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.

  • ⚠ This brief is for 2026-06-17, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
6.4OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, June 17. Back to this morning

Morning line

G. Bahama 6.4 on Wednesday, June 17. 7 mph SE. Mostly clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-1.9-0.90.01.01.9HLHLHLHLWed 8 AMThu 8 AMFri 8 AMSat 8 AM
high slack · 0.82 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW7MPH

From SE · gust 9

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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

Moon

6% lit

Waxing crescent

mid range · 6%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 1.9 ft

high slack

0.82 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighWed 7:00 AM · 0.83
  • LowWed 2:00 PM · -0.88
  • HighWed 8:00 PM · 0.93
  • LowThu 2:00 AM · -0.97
  • HighThu 8:00 AM · 1.00

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

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Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • West End pancakes

    hard flat · field manual · skinny

    5.5

    Big singles on foot. No push pole between you and the fish. Oct–June.

    • — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • — In-play: Bonefish.
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  • East End flats

    hard flat · field manual · skinny

    5.5

    Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.

    • — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • — In-play: Bonefish.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Wed 9:00 AM → Wed 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Wed 3:00 PM → Wed 10:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.3

    Wed 9:00 PM → Thu 4:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.7

    Thu 3:00 AM → Thu 10:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Thu 9:00 AM → Thu 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

  • — Tide is high slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • — Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • — Wind 7 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

7.3

Thermal window

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64°92°

In peak season for this water.

Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

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.