Florida · Jupiter / Loxahatchee

Florida pompano should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

Inlet snook country. Jupiter Inlet, the Loxahatchee, Lake Worth Lagoon. Tarpon in the inlet and along the beach. Not a Keys bonefish brief — this is current, bridges, and mangrove points. Clock is Lake Worth Pier 8722670, a few miles south.

⚠ This brief is for 2026-12-18. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
⚠ Snook are typically closed to harvest on the SE/Atlantic coast in this window. Verify FWC.

Tide + moon

low confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, December 18. Back to this morning

Morning line

Jupiter 7.5 on Friday, December 18 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it

incoming · 0.16 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.

Wind

NWS

No wind reading

Sky

NWS

Sky not in

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

Moon

68% lit

Waxing gibbous

neap range · 68%

Water

No gauge

Water

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Today’s range 2.4 ft

incoming

0.16 ft modeled

Clock

NOAA 8722670

LowFri 5:00 AM · -1.19
HighFri 11:00 AM · 1.19
LowFri 5:00 PM · -1.18
HighFri 11:00 PM · 1.16
LowSat 5:00 AM · -1.13

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

Monthly YOLO day

Tuesday, August 25 · 8.3

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.8 ft · wind to 10 mph · Thunderstorms · 23%

Stay or drive · Jupiter vs Boca Grande Open the calendar Morning dispatch

Next two weeks

Look at the water, not the table

Full calendar

Tue

Δ2.7ft

t-storm

Wed

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

Jupiter Inlet
pass jetty · public structure · deep
6.7
The inlet. Snook on the jetties and the first turn. Tarpon in the throat. Current, boats, and a short window.
- — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Juno Beach Pier
structure piling · public structure · deep
6.7
Public pier. Snook and a beach tarpon if they swing close. County park. Not a skiff mark.
- — structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Loxahatchee mouth
mangrove edge · public structure · mid
6.3
River-to-inlet. Outgoing along the points. This is Jupiter’s snook water, not a Keys bank.
- — mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. 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
9.4
Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4
Fri 12:00 PM → Fri 7:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
7.4
Fri 6:00 PM → Sat 1:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
7.4
Sat 12:00 AM → Sat 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4
Sat 6:00 AM → Sat 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

Launch and beach access

County and state ramps near this water. FKNMS no-take is Keys-only, on the legal list.

Burt Reynolds Park ramp
Palm Beach County Parks
Loxahatchee / Jupiter Inlet. County ramp. The inlet is in sight.
Official source
Juno Beach Pier
Palm Beach County Parks
Public pier. Snook and a beach tarpon if they swing close.
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 — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
— Waxing gibbous moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Florida pompano

Trachinotus carolinus

6.6

Thermal window

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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Florida: typically 6/day, 11 in fork. Verify FWC.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Florida: catch-and-release. Fish over 40 in must stay in the water. One harvest tag/year only for a potential IGFA record.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

4.8

Thermal window

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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Florida: typically 10 in, inside the snapper aggregate. Verify FWC.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

1.7

Thermal window

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Closed to harvest — still swims, do not keep. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Region matters. SE/Atlantic (Jupiter, Biscayne): typically 28–32 in, 1/day, closed Dec 15–Jan 31 and June 1–Aug 31. Charlotte Harbor / Southwest (Boca Grande): typically 28–33 in, closed Dec 1–end of Feb and May 1–Sep 30. Snook permit required. Verify FWC.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Generally unregulated. Ciguatera risk rises with size. Do not keep a big one for the table.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.

Regs citedFWC saltwater recreational · current FWC regional rules · rolls in 7 days. Snook closures are regional. Boca Grande is not Jupiter. Verify FWC before you keep one.