The Marco Island, 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: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
On Tuesday, September 15, Marco Island, FL sees high tide at 3:49 AM (2.9 ft) and 5:13 PM (2.4 ft), low tide at 10:38 AM (0.3 ft) and 10:28 PM (1.5 ft). Winds 2–11 mph from the SE gusting to 12 mph. Air temperatures 75–92°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Marco, Big Marco River (Station 8724991)
| High tide | 3:49 AM | 2.9 ft |
| Low tide | 10:38 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 5:13 PM | 2.4 ft |
| Low tide | 10:28 PM | 1.5 ft |
Wind
2–11 mph SE
Gusts
12 mph
Air Temp
75–92°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8724991 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Marco Island is the northernmost gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands — a maze of mangrove islands, tidal creeks, and oyster bars stretching south toward Everglades City. The fishing back there is wild. Snook, redfish, and tarpon in a setting that barely looks like Florida anymore.
The Ten Thousand Islands require local knowledge or a good GPS track. The mangrove creek systems hold snook throughout the year, with the best action from Spring through Fall. Tarpon move through in Spring, sometimes in large schools pushing through the outer cuts. Redfish are resident year-round on the interior flats and are relatively easy to find on low tides when they concentrate in the deeper channels.
Nearshore from Marco, Spring brings Spanish mackerel and cobia to the sandbar edges. The reefs within 20 miles produce grouper and snapper. Backcountry flounder are excellent in Fall, particularly around the river mouths where the bait concentrates on the outgoing tide.
The backcountry drains quickly on a falling tide. Running aground in the Ten Thousand Islands is not a minor inconvenience — you may wait hours for the water to return. Know your draft and the tidal stage before running into the back creeks.
Spring: Snook feed aggressively along the beaches and outside points before their summer spawn, and big spring tides light up the passes. Tarpon arrive off the island by late April, permit show on the nearshore wrecks, and trout and pompano work the grass and sand edges inside the passes.
Summer: Snook stack in Caxambas and Capri passes through the spawn, best on strong outgoing tides. Tarpon roll along the beaches early, goliath grouper own the deeper wrecks and pass holes, and mangrove snapper fill the mangrove edges and docks. Afternoon storms compress the fishing into mornings.
Fall: Bait pours down the beach and everything follows: snook returning inside, Spanish mackerel, jacks and sharks. Redfish school through the Ten Thousand Islands from September into November, working oyster bars on higher tides. Trout spread back over the grass as the water loses its summer heat.
Winter: Pompano bounce through the passes on the sandy edges, one of the island's most dependable winter fisheries. Sheepshead gather on docks and rock structure, trout pile into deeper backcountry bays of the Ten Thousand Islands, and black drum and redfish hold around oyster bars on the low winter tides.
Caxambas Pass off the island's south end and Capri Pass at the north are the two main arteries, both proven for snook, pompano and pass-crawling tarpon. South and east, the Ten Thousand Islands offer an enormous maze of mangrove islands, oyster bars and backcountry bays that stays productive all year. Rookery Bay's protected waters sit just inside, with redfish and snook along its shorelines. On the island itself, the Tigertail Beach lagoon area gives wade and kayak anglers easy access to moving water and sand flats.