Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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Off-season here. 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 are in the mix — 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 2026-07-12, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, July 12. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 5.5 on Sunday, July 12. 7 mph SE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -1.00 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 9
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
6% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 6%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.0 ft
outgoing
-1.00 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowSun 8:00 AM · -1.00
- HighSun 3:00 PM · 0.96
- LowSun 9:00 PM · -0.93
- HighMon 3:00 AM · 0.89
- LowMon 9:00 AM · -0.84
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 11 mph · Clouds · 8%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 5.5
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.
wadeskifffly - 5.5
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.
wadeskifffly
When
Outgoing water
8.8Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.4Sun 10:00 AM → Sun 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Sun 4:00 PM → Sun 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Sun 10:00 PM → Mon 5:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.7Mon 4:00 AM → Mon 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (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.
- — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
4.8
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.