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 | 6:11 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low | 4:00 PM | 0.5 ft |
The published Point Ybel tide-table offsets.
Blind Pass Turner Beach, Sanibel / Captiva line
| High | 6:39 AM | 2.5 ft |
| Low | 3:58 PM | 0.4 ft |
Interpolated between the Point Ybel and Redfish Pass tide-table offsets. Not a station reading.
Tomorrow morning at Lighthouse Beach: high 7:26 AM at 2.8 ft — decent shelling.
The verdict
Shelling. Decent shelling. Low water 0.5 ft at 4:00 PM off Lighthouse Beach — walk the bars 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Fishing. Fair fishing. 9:35 AM – 12:35 PM, 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
- 7:04 AM
- Sunset
- 8:00 PM
- First light
- 6:40 AM civil dawn
- Last light
- 8:24 PM civil dusk
- Moon
- 🌓 First quarter 65% lit
- Moonrise / moonset
- 3:29 PM / 1:04 AM
- Wind
- W 8 mph onshore — chop on the Gulf beaches, calmer water on the bay side
- Water temp
- 90.9°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 12:34 AM – 1:34 AM moonset
- major 7:15 AM – 9:15 AM moon underfoot
- minor 2:59 PM – 3:59 PM moonrise
- major 7:40 PM – 9:40 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.