The Naples, 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, Naples, FL sees high tide at 3:10 AM (2.7 ft) and 2:21 PM (3.1 ft), low tide at 8:42 AM (1.2 ft) and 9:13 PM (0.4 ft). Winds 3–12 mph from the SW gusting to 14 mph. Air temperatures 80–89°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8725110
| High tide | 3:10 AM | 2.7 ft |
| Low tide | 8:42 AM | 1.2 ft |
| High tide | 2:21 PM | 3.1 ft |
| Low tide | 9:13 PM | 0.4 ft |
Wind
3–12 mph SW
Gusts
14 mph
Air Temp
80–89°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8725110 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Naples is the fishing hub of Southwest Florida, offering world-class access to the Ten Thousand Islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the vast grass flats of Collier County. The Ten Thousand Islands — a remote maze of mangrove islands, creeks, and bays — is legendary for snook, redfish, and tarpon fishing in a pristine wilderness setting that few anglers have explored.
Nearshore fishing around Naples accesses some of the best Spanish mackerel and cobia action on the Gulf Coast. The offshore reefs and rock piles within 30 miles of shore hold abundant gag grouper, red grouper, and red snapper. Deep-water fishing in the blue water offshore produces mahi-mahi, wahoo, and sailfish from spring through fall.
The Gordon Pass and Doctors Pass are key access points for bay and nearshore fishing from Naples. During tarpon season (spring and early summer), these passes host some of the most spectacular fishing in the world, with schools of giant tarpon rolling through. The live tide and wind data above will help you time the perfect tarpon or snook bite.
Spring: Snook shake off winter and feed along the beaches and outer mangrove edges by March, with sight fishing in the surf improving weekly. Spanish mackerel and pompano move through the nearshore, big trout hold on the grass inside, and by May tarpon are rolling off the beaches and around the passes.
Summer: Snook spawn through the summer in Gordon Pass, Doctors Pass and Wiggins Pass, and beach walkers can sight-fish them in the first trough at dawn. Tarpon cruise the coast in June, mangrove snapper thicken on every rock and dock, and redfish feed back in the bays around morning storms.
Fall: The fall bait run pushes snook, jacks and mackerel into feeding blitzes along the beach and in the passes through October. Redfish school in Estero Bay and the backwaters south toward Rookery Bay, and trout return to shallow grass as water cools. It is arguably the most reliable stretch of the year here.
Winter: Backwater fishing carries the season. Snook, redfish and black drum stack in creeks, deep canals and around oyster bars from Naples Bay south into the Ten Thousand Islands, feeding on warm afternoons. Sheepshead swarm dock and bridge pilings, pompano run the passes, and trout hold in deeper channels between fronts.
The Naples Pier is the city's landmark fishing platform and a longtime producer of snook, pompano and mackerel in season. Doctors Pass and Gordon Pass move huge volumes of water and concentrate fish on every strong tide, with Gordon Pass connecting Naples Bay to the Gulf. North of town, Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park puts shore anglers on a natural pass with good current, and Clam Pass Park offers a quieter backwater option. South of the city, the Ten Thousand Islands backcountry begins, reachable by boat from Naples Bay.