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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 2026-08-27, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
5.5OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Thursday, August 27. Back to this morning

Morning line

G. Bahama 5.5 on Thursday, August 27. 11 mph SE. Overcast. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-1.3-0.60.00.71.3HLHLHLHLThu 8 AMFri 8 AMSat 8 AMSun 8 AM
outgoing · -0.36 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW11MPH

From SE · gust 13

Sky

15% rain

Clouds

Overcast

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

Moon

100% lit

Full

spring range · 100%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 1.5 ft

outgoing

-0.36 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighThu 4:00 AM · 0.78
  • LowThu 10:00 AM · -0.76
  • HighThu 4:00 PM · 0.71
  • LowThu 11:00 PM · -0.71
  • HighFri 5:00 AM · 0.70

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 9 mph · Clouds · 8%

Stay or drive · G. Bahama vs EleutheraOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
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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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    8.8

    Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 12:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    8.8

    Thu 11:00 AM → Thu 6:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Thu 6:00 PM → Fri 1:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.7

    Fri 12:00 AM → Fri 7:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Fri 6:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

  • — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
  • — Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
  • — Wind 11 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • — Full moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

4.8

Thermal window

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64°92°

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.

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. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

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. 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 8 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.