Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA.
Mexico · Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank
Sailfish are in the mix — the Cancún / Mujeres bank — sail on the current, not a bonefish morning.
Winter sailfish capital. The fleet works the Yucatan current north of Cancún. Mahi on the weed in summer. This is a troll-and-kite desk, not a bonefish brief. Modeled tide, Open-Meteo wind.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2027-11-19, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- ⚠ Mexico requires a CONAPESCA license. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water — verify before you fish.
- Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
- No NDBC on this desk
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Glass · modeled
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, November 19. Back to this morning
Morning line
Mujeres 5.2 on Friday, November 19. 4 mph E. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Friday, August 28. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.75 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From E · gust 8
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Glass
Open-Meteo modeled
29.94 inHg
1014 mb · no 3-hour change yet
Modeled mean sea level. Not a dock barometer. The glass is not a bite.
Moon
70% lit
Waning gibbous
neap range · 70%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.7 ft
incoming
0.75 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 3:00 AM · -0.78
- HighFri 9:00 AM · 0.81
- LowFri 3:00 PM · -0.83
- HighFri 9:00 PM · 0.84
- LowSat 3:00 AM · -0.85
Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.
Monthly YOLO day
Friday, August 28
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. full · spring · tide range ~0.8 ft · wind to 11 mph · 61% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
No marks match this method on this water.
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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.
Incoming water
9.9Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.9Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · incoming
9.6Fri 4:00 PM → Fri 11:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
8.6Fri 10:00 PM → Sat 5:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
9.9Sat 4:00 AM → Sat 11:00 AM
First light on incoming water.
Launch and beach access
Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.
Isla Mujeres marinas
CONAPESCA / Quintana Roo
The sailfish fleet door. Not a flats ramp.
Official source
Legal water
No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 4 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — neap tide range. Offshore wants bait and current more than a skinny tide.
3.5
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release for Atlantic sail except a rare harvest tag. Federal HMS permit in federal waters. Texas/Bahamas: treat as C&R.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.
Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)
Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Ciguatera is a real reason not to keep a big one.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.
Regs citedCONAPESCA recreational license · current CONAPESCA rules · rolls in 6 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.