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 | 7:26 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low | 5:11 PM | 0.4 ft |
The published Point Ybel tide-table offsets.
Blind Pass Turner Beach, Sanibel / Captiva line
| High | 7:54 AM | 2.5 ft |
| Low | 5:09 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 8:49 AM at 2.9 ft — good shelling.
The verdict
Shelling. Decent shelling. Low water 0.4 ft at 5:11 PM off Lighthouse Beach — walk the bars 3:41 PM – 6:41 PM.
Fishing. Fair fishing. 10:48 AM – 1:48 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
- 8:23 PM civil dusk
- Moon
- 🌔 Waxing gibbous 73% lit
- Moonrise / moonset
- 4:20 PM / 1:52 AM
- Wind
- WSW 12 mph onshore — chop on the Gulf beaches, calmer water on the bay side
- Water temp
- 91.8°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 1:22 AM – 2:22 AM moonset
- major 8:06 AM – 10:06 AM moon underfoot
- minor 3:50 PM – 4:50 PM moonrise
- major 8:32 PM – 10:32 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.