The Fort Myers, 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 Myers, FL sees high tide at 6:38 AM (1.1 ft) and 6:14 PM (1.6 ft), low tide at 1:06 AM (0.4 ft) and 12:09 PM (0.5 ft). Winds 3–13 mph from the SW gusting to 16 mph. Air temperatures 80–91°F. Current water temperature is about 88°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8725520
| Low tide | 1:06 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 6:38 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 12:09 PM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 6:14 PM | 1.6 ft |
Wind
3–13 mph SW
Gusts
16 mph
Air Temp
80–91°F
Water Temp
88°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8725520 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Fort Myers and the Pine Island Sound area offer some of the most diverse fishing in all of Florida. The backcountry of Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, and Matlacha Pass harbors healthy populations of snook, redfish, and spotted seatrout year-round. During winter, negative low tides combined with shallow flats draw large schools of redfish that can be seen tailing and cruising in clear water.
The Caloosahatchee River and the numerous tidal creeks feeding into Pine Island Sound provide excellent snook fishing, especially during the spring spawn when fish stack up near the passes. Tarpon fishing in Charlotte Harbor begins in April and runs through July, attracting huge numbers of fish and boats. The nearshore reefs also yield good catches of grouper, snapper, and kingfish.
San Carlos Bay and Estero Bay to the south provide additional acres of productive fishing habitat, including mangrove-lined shores that shelter juvenile fish and attract predators on every tidal cycle. The complex tidal system here means timing your trip to moving water is critical — the live forecast above shows you exactly when conditions will be most productive.
Spring: Snook leave winter haunts up the Caloosahatchee and stage toward the passes, feeding aggressively through April. Big trout work the grass of San Carlos Bay, Spanish mackerel flood Pine Island Sound, and tarpon arrive in numbers by late April, with early fish rolling off the beaches and around the causeway well before summer.
Summer: Tarpon dominate June, from the beaches off Sanibel to the deeper holes of San Carlos Bay. Snook spawn in Blind Pass, Redfish Pass and Matanzas Pass, biting best at night on big tides. Mangrove snapper pile onto structure, and storm-season redfish feed along mangrove edges on morning high water.
Fall: October redfish schools are the draw, with big groups pushing across the flats of Pine Island Sound and Matlacha. Snook feed hard around oyster bars and creek mouths before cooling water sends them inside. Mackerel and ladyfish blitz bait in the sound, and trout spread back over shallow grass.
Winter: Sheepshead crowd dock pilings and rock structure, and black drum join them around the causeway spans. Snook, redfish and trout slide into creeks, canals and the river to ride out cold snaps, then feed on warming afternoons. Negative low tides expose bars in the sound and make winter sight fishing worthwhile.
The Sanibel Causeway is the area's most heavily fished shoreline, with access to grass flats, bridge structure and moving water across San Carlos Bay. Blind Pass between Sanibel and Captiva is a classic snook hole, best on strong outgoing tides. Bunche Beach Preserve offers wade fishing across firm sand flats toward the mouth of the Caloosahatchee, and Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach holds snook, snapper and sheepshead around its structure. Punta Rassa, near the causeway's east end, is a long-standing launch point for the sound and the beaches.