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Bahamas · Grand Bahama

Bonefish are the hunt — wait for the next inch of water.

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

  • ⚠ This brief is for 2026-10-28, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
5.7OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, October 28. Back to this morning

Morning line

G. Bahama 5.7 on Wednesday, October 28. 7 mph SSE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. 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
low slack · 0.85 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW7MPH

From SSE · gust 8

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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

Moon

94% lit

Waning gibbous

mid range · 94%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 1.9 ft

low slack

0.85 ft modeled

Clock

Modeled M2

  • HighWed 8:00 AM · 0.85
  • LowWed 2:00 PM · -0.90
  • HighWed 8:00 PM · 0.95
  • LowThu 2:00 AM · -0.99
  • HighThu 8:00 AM · 1.01

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 · 9%

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

    4.9

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

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

    hard flat · field manual · skinny

    4.9

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

    • — hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary 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 10:00 AM → Thu 5:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Why — and who

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

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

5.5

Thermal window

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64°92°

Present, not peak.

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.5

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.5

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

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.