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Fernandina Beach Fishing Forecast
Should you go? A straight answer for Fernandina — scored 0–100 from the actual wind, tide movement, seas, sky and barometer, not just moon tables. Built around redfish, spotted seatrout, flounder.
Today on the water
TodayGo — 7 mph E, 6.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.9 ft seas.
Boating: Great · seas ~1.9 ft · 6.1 ft of tide
Today’s bite windows
- 6–8 AMPrimefalling tide + moon overhead or underfoot
- 12–1 PMGoodincoming tide + moonrise/set
- 5–8 PMPrimefalling tide + moon overhead or underfoot
What’s driving it
- Wind7 mph E, gusts 14
- Tide6.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Seas1.9 ft @ 6 s
- Sky31% rain chance
- Barometer-0.01 inHg over the day
- Moonlast quarter
The week ahead
Best day this week: Today (82/100, prime) — 7 mph E, 6.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.9 ft seas.
| Day | Fishing | Boating | Wind | Tide swing | Seas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today★ best | 82 Prime | Great | 7 mph, gusts 14 | 6.1 ft | 1.9 ft |
| Sun, 10/4 | 81 Prime | Good | 7 mph, gusts 15 | 6.1 ft | 2.2 ft |
| Mon, 10/5 | 78 Good | Good | 10 mph, gusts 19 | 6.2 ft | 1.8 ft |
| Tue, 10/6 | 45 Slow | Rough | 19 mph, gusts 30 | 6.4 ft | 7 ft |
| Wed, 10/7 | 39 Slow | Rough | 19 mph, gusts 30 | 6.5 ft | 6.6 ft |
| Thu, 10/8 | 53 Fair | Rough | 17 mph, gusts 29 | 6.7 ft | 5.9 ft |
| Fri, 10/9 | 62 Fair | Rough | 15 mph, gusts 24 | 6.9 ft | 4.7 ft |
Ratings refresh through the day as the forecast models update. The dashboard shows the same scores with the charts behind them.
Best time to fish Fernandina
With this much tidal range, the grass only floods at the top — time redfish trips to the last of the incoming.
On any given day, the windows above are the honest answer: they weight moving water first — the middle hours of a falling or incoming tide — then the solunar periods (moon overhead and underfoot), first and last light, and they subtract for wind that makes the water unfishable and for lightning. A slow day still shows its best hour or two, because that’s when you’d go.
How the rating works
Every day gets a 0–100 score from the same data the rest of Salty Forecast runs on: wind carries the most weight (32%), because it decides whether you can even fish, then tide movement (26%), seas at the nearest offshore buoy (12%), and sky, barometer and moon phase (10% each). A falling barometer ahead of a front scores high; a hard post-frontal rise scores low. Nothing here is a black box — the factor bars above show exactly what helped and what hurt.
Generic solunar calculators give Fernandina the same “activity” times as a lake in Ohio, because they only look at the moon. The moon matters — it’s in here — but a 20 mph wind or 4-foot seas beats it every time, and that’s why this score reads the whole picture.
Live now on the dashboard
The full Fernandina dashboard has this rating beside live radar, the tide curve, hourly wind and the 14-day outlook — free, no account.
Open the live Fernandina dashboard →Common questions
- Is today a good day to fish Fernandina?
- Today rates 82/100 (prime). Go — 7 mph E, 6.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.9 ft seas. This updates through the day as the forecast models refresh.
- What time should I fish Fernandina today?
- Today's best windows are 6–8 AM (falling tide + moon overhead or underfoot) and 12–1 PM (incoming tide + moonrise/set) and 5–8 PM (falling tide + moon overhead or underfoot). Moving water is the biggest single factor — the middle of a tide swing beats slack water almost everywhere.
- What's the best day to fish Fernandina this week?
- Today looks strongest at 82/100 (prime) — 7 mph E, 6.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.9 ft seas. The week-ahead table above updates as the outlook firms up.
- How is this different from a solunar calendar?
- Solunar tables only track the moon, so every town gets the same "activity" times. This rating starts with what actually cancels trips — wind, seas and lightning — then adds real NOAA tide movement, barometric trend and the moon. When a day scores Prime here, it means the whole picture lines up, not just the calendar.
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Scored from the Open-Meteo model blend, NOAA tide predictions and the marine wave model. A planning aid, not a guarantee — fish don’t read forecasts, and neither wind nor lightning cares about your plans. Check conditions before you run.