The Fort Lauderdale, FL marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Aug 1, 2026, 8:01 AM
On Saturday, August 1, Fort Lauderdale, FL sees high tide at 11:30 AM (2.0 ft) and 11:49 PM (2.1 ft), low tide at 5:24 AM (0.0 ft) and 5:39 PM (0.0 ft). Winds 1–16 mph from the S gusting to 23 mph. Air temperatures 74–89°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Fort Lauderdale, Andrews Ave. Bridge (Station 8722937)
| Low tide | 5:24 AM | 0.0 ft |
| High tide | 11:30 AM | 2.0 ft |
| Low tide | 5:39 PM | 0.0 ft |
| High tide | 11:49 PM | 2.1 ft |
Wind
1–16 mph S
Gusts
23 mph
Air Temp
74–89°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8722937 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Fort Lauderdale is one of South Florida's premier fishing destinations, known for its exceptional sailfish action, world-class intracoastal waterway fishing, and easy access to the Gulf Stream. Port Everglades Inlet provides direct access to the nearshore reefs holding cobia, kingfish, and Spanish mackerel, while the offshore reefs beyond yield grouper, amberjack, and yellowtail snapper.
The Intracoastal Waterway running through Fort Lauderdale is a productive fishery in its own right. Snook stack up under lighted docks and bridges at night, providing exciting topwater action. Tarpon roll through the waterway during their spring and fall migrations. The city's extensive canal system holds largemouth bass, peacock bass, and large snook.
Offshore from Fort Lauderdale, the Gulf Stream's proximity means that mahi-mahi, wahoo, and blue marlin are relatively accessible. Winter sailfish season is world-class, with multiple fish per day being common during peak weeks. The live weather forecast above is your essential tool for planning offshore trips when the stream is close and conditions are favorable.
Spring: Mahi arrive in better numbers from April onward, often inside a few miles thanks to the steep drop. Kingfish and blackfin stay on the reef edge through spring, leftover sailfish push through on late fronts, and snook wake up along the beaches and around Port Everglades ahead of summer.
Summer: Snook stage and spawn around Port Everglades inlet, feeding at night on the outgoing tide. Offshore, summer means mangrove and mutton snapper spawns on the reefs, wahoo on the troll around full moons, and daytime swordfishing in the deep. Mahi remain a steady option on weedlines and current edges.
Fall: October's mullet run pushes bait down the beach in dark clouds, dragging tarpon, snook, jacks and sharks with it past the piers and inlets. Snook fishing at Port Everglades peaks on the run's edges. By November the first fronts start the sailfish and kingfish bite building on the reef edge.
Winter: Sailfish season. North wind against the current from December through February lines fish up along the color change in 100 to 200 feet, with kingfish, blackfin and the occasional wahoo mixed in. The bottom bite on wrecks improves too, and pompano and croakers show for surf anglers along the beach.
Port Everglades inlet is the centerpiece, a deep shipping cut that holds snook, tarpon and jacks, with jetty access on the south side at Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park. Anglin's Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea puts anglers over the reef line within a short cast of shore. The beaches on either side of the inlet fish well during the fall mullet run, and the third reef, less than two miles out, drops fast into sailfish water, making Fort Lauderdale one of the shortest offshore runs in Florida.