What to do
Take the run you planned. Watch the afternoon if the report flags a build.
- light wind — Light wind (5 kt) keeps the drift slow and the water clean.
The ride out
Height alone doesn't tell you the ride — how far apart the waves are, and what angle you take them at, matters just as much. This ladder is sampled along your route from the launch to the spot.
| Leg | Seas | Period | Direction | What it feels like |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch · Tampa Bay entrance | 1 ft | 4 sec | S | Flat enough to forget about it. |
| 7 miles | 1 ft | 4 sec | S | Flat enough to forget about it. |
| 14 miles | 1 ft | 4 sec | S | Flat enough to forget about it. |
| 20 miles | 1 ft | 4 sec | S | Flat enough to forget about it. |
| Your spot · 27 nm W | 1 ft | 4 sec | S | Flat enough to forget about it. |
Each rung is one coordinate on the batched ladder lookup. 5 of 5 legs came from the cycle cache on this generation.
Wind through the day
| Window | Wind | Seas | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning · 13:00–16:00 | 5 kt gust 8 | 1 ft | Light — the best window of the day. |
| Midday · 17:00–21:00 | 4 kt gust 6 | — | Light — the best window of the day. |
| Afternoon · 22:00–23:00 | 4 kt gust 5 | — | Light — the best window of the day. |
Tides & light
Station Tierra Verde (8726428), 1.2 nm from the launch. Datum MLLW. Stage now: falling — Falling — water draining off the flats; fish stack at the mouths.
| Event | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| High | 01:40 | 2.3 ft |
| Low | 07:41 | 0.6 ft |
| High | 14:05 | 2.3 ft |
| Low | 19:55 | 0.9 ft |
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 8% illuminated. Solunar windows are computed locally from public-domain USNO ephemeris — an approximation of the solunar model, not a licensed solunar table.
Feeding windows
| Feeding window | Strength | Read |
|---|---|---|
| 01:47 – 03:47 | Major | Major period (Moon underfoot) falls outside your trip window. |
| 07:52 – 09:22 | Minor | Inside your trip window — Moonrise. A secondary push, worth a pass. |
| 13:22 – 15:22 | Major | Inside your trip window — Moon overhead. This is the window to plan around. |
| 19:15 – 20:45 | Minor | Minor period (Moonset) falls outside your trip window. |
Water & air
| Measure | Value | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Water temp | 88.8 °F | Very hot. Expect a shallow bite at first light and a deep bite after; midday is dead. |
| Air temp | 85 °F | 85°F at the ramp — hot. Water, shade and sun protection are the kit today. |
| Wind | 5 kt | Light breeze. Good drift speed and an easy anchor set. |
| Gusts | 8 kt | Steady air — gusts barely above the average. |
| Pressure | — | Not available for this point. |
| Cloud cover | 45% | Partly cloudy — good light, fish roam further off the structure. |
Water and air temperature are observations relayed by The Weather Agent; in-situ readings come from the nearest reporting station, which may be tens of miles away.
Gear for this run
- A working VHF and a registered EPIRB/PLB — Wind to 8 kt means weather can change faster than you can run in.
- USCG-approved PFDs, worn not stowed — Non-negotiable on every run, in every forecast.
- Sun protection and a lot of water — 88.8 °F water and a high sun index.
- Trolling motor battery sized for a full day — Drift-and-reposition days drain a bank faster than running does.
What we don't have
A missing reading is reported, never filled in. If it is listed here, nothing in the report above was estimated from it.
No values were missing for this run.
Limitations reported by the data provider
- cloudCover, waterTemperature, waveDirection, waveHeight, wavePeriod, windDirection, windGust, windSpeed came from a single source — there is no cross-source spread to read for these parameters.
Sources & provenance
| Block | Owner | Source | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| marine_weather | weatheragent | ndbc, nws | Per-upstream; NOAA public domain (others catalog-only today) |
| tides | fishingreportagent | NOAA CO-OPS | US Government work — public domain |
| astro | fishingreportagent | USNO | US Government work — public domain |
Nearest reporting station: 42098 — Egmont Channel Entrance, FL (214), 27 km from the spot. It reports airTemperature, waterTemperature, waveDirection, waveHeight, wavePeriod. It does not report windSpeed, windGust, windDirection, pressure.
We asked for 5 points along the route and used 0 upstream requests — 5 legs came from the cycle cache. Marine sources that actually contributed: ndbc, nws (2). Multiple independent sources contributing: yes. Single-source data is never described as correlated.
Contains data from NOAA (National Data Buoy Center buoy observations; National Weather Service gridpoint forecasts) — US Government work — public domain. Provided by The Weather Agent.
Tides: NOAA CO-OPS (US Government work — public domain). Astronomy: USNO Astronomical Applications API (public domain). Solunar windows computed locally from USNO ephemeris — an approximation, not a licensed solunar table.
Report generated by FishingReportAgent. The Weather Agent and FishingReportAgent are separate services; marine/weather normalization is The Weather Agent's, the fishing interpretation is ours.