Red tide
Not present / background
No Karenia brevis above background levels. No red tide effects expected.
Today’s water all times EDT
Lighthouse Beach Point Ybel, Sanibel
| High | 5:16 AM | 2.9 ft |
| Low | 2:34 PM | 0.6 ft |
The published Point Ybel tide-table offsets.
Blind Pass Turner Beach, Sanibel / Captiva line
| High | 5:44 AM | 2.5 ft |
| Low | 2:32 PM | 0.5 ft |
Interpolated between the Point Ybel and Redfish Pass tide-table offsets. Not a station reading.
The verdict
Shelling. Decent shelling. Low water 0.6 ft at 2:34 PM off Lighthouse Beach — walk the bars 1:04 PM – 4:04 PM.
Fishing. Fair fishing. 8:25 AM – 11:25 AM, outgoing water.
Shelling grades the lowest daylight low water. Fishing looks for moving water inside a calculated solunar period, in daylight. Both are rules of thumb, not promises.
Sun, moon, wind & water
- Sunrise
- 7:03 AM
- Sunset
- 8:01 PM
- First light
- 6:39 AM civil dawn
- Last light
- 8:25 PM civil dusk
- Moon
- 🌓 First quarter 55% lit
- Moonrise / moonset
- 2:34 PM / 12:21 AM
- Wind
- W 13 mph onshore — chop on the Gulf beaches, calmer water on the bay side
- Water temp
- 92.8°F Fort Myers gauge, 16 mi from the islands — not a beach reading
Solunar periods calculated from the moon’s position — a window, not a forecast
- minor 11:51 PM – 12:51 AM moonset
- major 6:25 AM – 8:25 AM moon underfoot
- minor 2:04 PM – 3:04 PM moonrise
- major 6:49 PM – 8:49 PM moon overhead
Beach-by-beach reports — dead fish, respiratory irritation, flag colour — are volunteer-reported to Mote Marine’s Beach Conditions Reporting System. We link to it rather than republish it.