Fort Pierce Tide Schedule: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

TODAY: The tide cycle delivers two well-separated highs and two lows on Tuesday, setting up one of the more useful fishing windows of the week for St. Lucie County anglers and beachgoers.

HIGH TIDES: 4:48 a.m. at 2.5 feet / 5:25 p.m. at 2.6 feet LOW TIDES: 10:58 a.m. at 0.0 feet / 11:31 p.m. at 0.2 feet

THIS WEEK: Tuesday's 0.0-foot low at 10:58 a.m. is the headline number. A dead-zero low tide is uncommon at Fort Pierce Inlet and significantly lower than the 0.3-foot average morning low recorded during the same week in 2024, according to NOAA CO-OPS data. Expect broad tidal flat exposure along the Indian River Lagoon's western shallows — prime conditions for wading anglers targeting redfish and snook pushed onto the flats as water drains off.

ON THE WATER: The falling tide from the 4:48 a.m. high will accelerate through the Fort Pierce Inlet jetties through midmorning, concentrating baitfish in the current seams along the north jetty rocks. Work a live pilchard or a DOA shrimp imitation tight to the rocks between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., just ahead of the bottom, to intercept snook and jack crevalle staging for the outgoing push. As the tide bottoms out near 11 a.m., shift focus to the Dynamite Point grass edges inside the inlet for wading redfish in ankle-deep water. The afternoon flood — rising to 2.6 feet by 5:25 p.m., the day's highest water — will push baitfish back into the backcountry creeks off the North Fork, making a late-afternoon topwater run a strong play before sunset.

ALERTS: No active NWS watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for St. Lucie County at time of publication. Officials said

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