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Jupiter Fishing Forecast

Should you go? A straight answer for Jupiter — scored 0–100 from the actual wind, tide movement, seas, sky and barometer, not just moon tables. Built around snook, tarpon, sailfish.

Today on the water

Today
81/ 100
Prime fishing

Go — 8 mph S, gusts 20, 2.4 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.3 ft seas, falling barometer.

Boating: Great · seas ~1.3 ft · 2.4 ft of tide

Today’s bite windows

  • 4–5 AMGoodfalling tide + moon overhead or underfoot
  • 10 AM–12 PMGoodincoming tide + moonrise/set
  • 4–6 PMGoodfalling tide + moon overhead or underfoot

Wind against tide: 6–7 PM — 16 mph SE into the outgoing tide. Expect steep, close-together waves in the pass on that stretch.

What’s driving it

  • Wind8 mph S, gusts 20
  • Tide2.4 ft range · 3 in daylight
  • Seas1.3 ft peak
  • Sky6% rain chance
  • Barometer-0.06 inHg over the day
  • Moonwaxing crescent

The week ahead

Best day this week: Wednesday (83/100, prime) — 8 mph NW, 2.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.1 ft seas.

DayFishingBoatingWindTide swingSeas
Today81 PrimeGreat8 mph, gusts 202.4 ft1.3 ft
Wed, 8/19★ best83 PrimeGreat8 mph, gusts 152.1 ft1.1 ft
Thu, 8/2081 PrimeGreat7 mph, gusts 151.8 ft0.9 ft
Fri, 8/2171 GoodGood7 mph, gusts 221.6 ft1.2 ft
Sat, 8/2279 GoodGreat8 mph, gusts 191.6 ft1 ft
Sun, 8/2373 GoodGood7 mph, gusts 211.7 ft1.2 ft
Mon, 8/2481 PrimeGreat7 mph, gusts 82 ft1.2 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 Jupiter

Snook and tarpon set up on the inlet's outgoing; the incoming pushes clean blue water well up the river.

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 Jupiter 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 Jupiter dashboard has this rating beside live radar, the tide curve, hourly wind and the 14-day outlook — free, no account.

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Common questions

Is today a good day to fish Jupiter?
Today rates 81/100 (prime). Go — 8 mph S, gusts 20, 2.4 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.3 ft seas, falling barometer. This updates through the day as the forecast models refresh.
What time should I fish Jupiter today?
Today's best windows are 4–5 AM (falling tide + moon overhead or underfoot) and 10 AM–12 PM (incoming tide + moonrise/set) and 4–6 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 Jupiter this week?
Wednesday looks strongest at 83/100 (prime) — 8 mph NW, 2.1 ft tide falling through sunrise, 1.1 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.

Nearby fishing forecasts

More for Jupiter: fishing weather · tide chart

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.