Stuart's Dawn Low Tide Promises Prime Fishing Tuesday

Stand on the Roosevelt Bridge at first light Tuesday and you'll watch the St. Lucie River running hard toward the inlet — water draining fast off the flats as the tide bottoms out near 6:20 a.m. at just 0.3 feet above mean lower low water.

TODAY: Tides in Stuart will follow a moderate mixed-semidiurnal pattern. The first high of 2.7 feet crested just after midnight, setting up that sharp morning ebb. The flood cycle returns through the midday hours, peaking at 2.2 feet around 12:07 p.m. A second, shallower low of 0.3 feet arrives in the evening at 6:17 p.m., according to NOAA CO-OPS data.

ON THE WATER: Tuesday's low tide at 6:20 a.m. is a gift for anglers targeting snook and redfish along the St. Lucie's grass-edge channels — predators stack at the mouths of drains and creek cuts when water pulls off the flats this way. Guide captains working the St. Lucie River and the pocket south of the inlet should find the strongest bite during that early ebb, before the flood tide softens current and disperses fish across the shallows by late morning. The afternoon low — a very shallow 0.3 feet at 6:17 p.m. — will expose oyster bars and shallow grass flats, making late afternoon navigation in skinny water around Manatee Pocket a task requiring care.

ALERTS: No active National Weather Service watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for Martin County at time of publication.

Tide predictions are issued by NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services and reflect astronomical tides only. Wind, storm surge, and river discharge can alter actual water levels.

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