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 | 8:49 AM | 2.9 ft |
| Low | 6:02 PM | 0.3 ft |
The published Point Ybel tide-table offsets.
Blind Pass Turner Beach, Sanibel / Captiva line
| High | 9:17 AM | 2.5 ft |
| Low | 6:00 PM | 0.3 ft |
Interpolated between the Point Ybel and Redfish Pass tide-table offsets. Not a station reading.
Tomorrow morning at Lighthouse Beach: high 9:57 AM at 3.0 ft — good shelling.
The verdict
Shelling. Good shelling. Low water 0.3 ft at 6:02 PM off Lighthouse Beach — walk the bars 4:32 PM – 7:32 PM.
Fishing. Fair fishing. 11:55 AM – 2:55 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
- 7:05 AM
- Sunset
- 7:59 PM
- First light
- 6:41 AM civil dawn
- Last light
- 8:22 PM civil dusk
- Moon
- 🌔 Waxing gibbous 81% lit
- Moonrise / moonset
- 5:07 PM / 2:43 AM
- Wind
- WSW 6 mph onshore — chop on the Gulf beaches, calmer water on the bay side
- Water temp
- 90.3°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 2:13 AM – 3:13 AM moonset
- major 8:57 AM – 10:57 AM moon underfoot
- minor 4:37 PM – 5:37 PM moonrise
- major 9:23 PM – 11:23 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.