The New Smyrna Beach, 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, New Smyrna Beach, FL sees high tide at 12:04 PM (3.7 ft), low tide at 5:24 AM (0.6 ft) and 6:21 PM (0.9 ft). Winds 1–15 mph from the E gusting to 22 mph. Air temperatures 76–84°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 8721147
| Low tide | 5:24 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 12:04 PM | 3.7 ft |
| Low tide | 6:21 PM | 0.9 ft |
Wind
1–15 mph E
Gusts
22 mph
Air Temp
76–84°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8721147 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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New Smyrna Beach sits where the Indian River Lagoon narrows into Mosquito Lagoon — two of the most productive inshore fisheries in Florida. Redfish and spotted seatrout are everywhere in the Lagoon, and the catch rates are consistently among the best in the state. It doesn't get the hype of Tampa Bay or the Keys, and that's part of what makes it worth the trip.
Mosquito Lagoon is the star. The shallow flats hold massive schools of redfish, and on calm mornings you can see them tailing from a long way off. Spring and Fall are the best seasons, but Summer early mornings before the thermals build can also be exceptional. The Lagoon is known for holding some of the largest redfish in the state — slot-busting bulls that surprise even experienced anglers.
New Smyrna Inlet connects the Lagoon to the Atlantic, and the jetties hold snook and tarpon during the Spring run. Offshore, the nearshore reefs produce black sea bass and sheepshead close to shore, with amberjack and grouper on the deeper structure further out.
The Lagoon is flat, exposed water. A 15-knot wind will put chop on it quickly and make poling nearly impossible. Early morning departures before the sea breeze fills in will consistently put you on more fish than midday trips.
Spring: Redfish and gator trout sight fishing gets good in Mosquito Lagoon as water clears and warms. Pompano and whiting run the surf, bluefish work the inlet, and black drum feed around channel edges. By May, snook and the first tarpon start showing up around Ponce Inlet.
Summer: Snook and tarpon hold at Ponce Inlet through the summer, feeding on the tide changes around the jetties. Big trout eat topwater at first light on the lagoon flats before boat traffic builds. Redfish tail on calm mornings, and mangrove snapper stack on inlet rocks and nearshore structure.
Fall: The mullet run turns the beach and inlet into a moving buffet from September into October, with tarpon, snook, sharks and big jacks on the bait. Flounder funnel through Ponce Inlet in November, redfish school in the lagoon, and the surf produces blues and pompano as fronts arrive.
Winter: Clear, low winter water makes Mosquito Lagoon a pure sight fishery for redfish and black drum, best on sunny afternoons. Sheepshead gather on the Ponce Inlet jetties, trout hole up in deeper cuts, and the surf gives up whiting and pompano between fronts.
Ponce Inlet and its jetties anchor the north end, holding snook, reds, flounder and sheepshead depending on season, with Smyrna Dunes Park providing walk-in access to the inlet's south side. To the south, Mosquito Lagoon is among the best-known shallow-water redfish areas in Florida, reachable through Canaveral National Seashore, whose park road opens miles of otherwise remote shoreline. The Indian River's north end adds more flats and spoil islands, and the North Causeway bridges in town produce trout, snapper and black drum around the pilings.