Atlantis Road (Bimini Road)Alice Town (Bimini)
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Geological formation 5–6 m — legal but cultural object; reef fish over the blocks. Exact GPS.
Google MapsAlice Town (Bimini) spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras
5.5
wave 0.5 m
visibility6m
Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources: IPMA · NDBC · Copernicus — high confidence · data 14:38
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- Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
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- How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.
Safety gates
- Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
- An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
- Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
- Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
- Night hours — forced red; the window is closed after dark.
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Where to get in, where to hunt
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calmupdated 14:38
Alice Town (Bimini) — solo, off the rocks
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · wind 15 km/h
wave 0.5 mwind 15 km/hvisibility ~8 mwindow 15:00–18:00
today, best window 15:00–18:00
fish · Visibility 8 m · Water 30.3°C
confidence medium · verdict for the selected day
Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.
Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.
Selected day
Windows, hours
and the day's trends.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Wednesday · today2026-07-22
06:38–20:08 · first quarter
▲ 02:00▼ 09:00▲ 15:00▼ 21:00 · 0.5 m
Hours (06→20)
12
15
18
Day's trends
Tide0.18 m
Wave0.48 m
Wind25 km/h
Water30 °C
fish activity: moonset 00:55 · moderate · moon underfoot 07:50 · high · moonrise 14:41 · moderate · moon overhead 20:10 · high
Conditions window12:00–15:00
don't go fish
Hs 0.58 mperiod 3.4 swind 18→19surge 0.2viz 5 m
0.58 mup to ~1.16 · 182° at an angle
3.4 sswell moderate
18→19gusts 19 km/h
0.2weak surge
0.56m/s
5 mrecent swell
30.2°C5 mm + hood
▲15:00tide turn near
Atmosphere22 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonrise
- wind-wave — choppy surface
- wind 18 km/h
- flood toward high water
confidence mediumday
The water column
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
What it is
A marine instrument,
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spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
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Entry points
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Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
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Continental ShelfAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Deep Gulf Stream wall, 44 m+ — legal, advanced only; big pelagics on the edge. Exact GPS.
Google MapsRainbow ReefAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Shallow reef 5–8 m north Bimini — described as inside the proposed North Bimini reserve: VERIFY status before taking. Exact GPS.
Google MapsSS Sapona (concrete wreck)Alice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Half-sunk concrete freighter, 5–6 m — legal (>200 yd off Cat Cay), shallow, iconic. Exact GPS (Wiki cross-check).
Google MapsTuna Alley SouthAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Reef 14–30 m on the Gulf Stream edge, 14–30 m — legal, pelagic pass-through. Exact GPS.
Google MapsTurtle RocksAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Reef 4–11 m north of Bimini — legal (>200 yd), snapper and reef fish. Exact GPS.
Google MapsVictory Reef NorthAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
North section of Victory Reef, 9–24 m — legal, west wall reef fish. Exact GPS.
Google MapsVictory Reef SouthAlice Town (Bimini)
borderlineswell on the quarter today
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
Reef 9–24 m on the west wall — legal (>200 yd), snapper, grouper, hogfish. Exact GPS.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Surfacing
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Live cameras, map & reference
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Look at the water
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Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
connecting to the stream…
Reference
What's in season,
what the law says.
In season now
- Nassau grouper⚠️ Closed 1 Dec–28 Feb (spawning, S.I. 71/2015). Off-season min 3 lb; head/tail/skin intact on landing.
- yellowtail snapperSmall midwater snapper over the reef; comes up on a drift, shoot at dusk. Warm months.
- lionfishInvasive — culling ENCOURAGED year-round. Tucks under ledges / in reef shade and lets you get close. Venomous spines — handle with care; excellent eating.
off season: black grouper (Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr) · mutton snapper (Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May) · hogfish (Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun) · mahi-mahi / dolphinfish (Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun) · cero mackerel (Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr)
Law
- ✓🚫 Spearguns are BANNED nationwide — only a or , breath-hold only (scuba/compressor banned). No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore ().
- ✓Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit (or must fish from a licensed charter); catch is for personal use only — selling it is banned (bahamas.com/fishing-faq).
- ⛔ 🚫 Speargun banned everywhere — / only, breath-hold only (no air). Spear needs a written endorsement on the permit. Spearfishing competitions are banned.
- ⛔ 🚫 Crawfish (season 1 Aug–31 Mar) and queen conch — hand/hook only, NO spear. Turtles and sharks — full ban (Shark Sanctuary). Corals — no-take.
Rules change. Before heading out, check with the Bahamas Department of Marine Resources and the Fisheries Resources Act; spearguns are banned — sling/pole spear only.
Safety protocol
- Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
- Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
- Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
- Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
- Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
- Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
- UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
- Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.
Spearfishing in Alice Town (Bimini): spots, seasons and rules
Spearguns are illegal everywhere in The Bahamas, so Bimini hunting is a Hawaiian sling or pole-spear game done on breath-hold only. The island is different from the other Bahamas marks because the western edge of the Great Bahama Bank drops into the Gulf Stream about 80 km from Florida. That puts Victory Reef, Tuna Alley, Turtle Rocks, the Continental Shelf, and SS Sapona in a clear, current-shaped lane with snapper, grouper, hogfish, and pelagics in the target mix. Stay beyond 200 yards from shore, keep scuba and compressors out of the trip, and treat sharks as protected wildlife, not targets. March-May brings the migration with wahoo, tuna, and hammerheads, which makes shark awareness part of the plan. Rainbow Reef is tied to the proposed North Bimini reserve discussion, so confirm status locally before taking fish there.
TL;DR
- Spearguns are illegal everywhere in The Bahamas; Bimini is a Hawaiian sling or pole-spear, breath-hold-only destination on the Gulf Stream edge.
- The strongest marks are west-wall and reef names: Victory Reef, Tuna Alley, Turtle Rocks, Continental Shelf, SS Sapona, Atlantis Road, and Rainbow Reef.
- Bimini has exact GPS marks, plus a live water-view camera at the Resorts World marina and beach feed.
- No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or a licensed charter.
Best Hawaiian sling spots for spearfishing Bimini
Bimini is the verified-GPS outlier in this Bahamas set. The marks below are not generic island labels; they are named reefs, a wreck, and a deep wall. The legal frame is still narrow: sling or pole spear only, breath-hold only, outside 200 yards from an Out-Island shore, with no take from any protected or closed area.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Reef South | West-wall reef | 9-24 m | No published safety rating | Access details not published; exact GPS listed | Legal beyond 200 yards, with snapper, grouper, and hogfish listed. Use sling or pole spear only. |
| Tuna Alley South | Gulf Stream edge reef | 14-30 m | No published safety rating | Access details not published; exact GPS listed | A pelagic pass-through mark on the Gulf Stream edge. Current and boat handling need a conservative call. |
| SS Sapona (concrete wreck) | Half-sunk concrete freighter | 5-6 m | No published safety rating | Access details not published; exact GPS listed | Shallow and iconic, listed as legal beyond 200 yards off Cat Cay. Keep the site clean and the gear legal. |
| Continental Shelf | Deep Gulf Stream wall | 44 m+ | Advanced only in the spot note | Access details not published; exact GPS listed | Large pelagics are listed on the edge. This is not a beginner sling mark, and it has no published safety rating. |
| Rainbow Reef | Shallow north Bimini reef | 5-8 m | No published safety rating | Access details not published; exact GPS listed | Described with a proposed North Bimini reserve caveat. Verify status before taking fish. |
Bimini wall freediving and Gulf Stream timing
Bimini sits on the western edge of the Great Bahama Bank, where reef shelves meet the Gulf Stream. That is why Tuna Alley, Continental Shelf, and Victory Reef read more like current-side marks than sheltered bank potholes. The March-May migration window is listed with wahoo, tuna, and hammerheads. Fish the structure with a float line and conservative drift planning, but keep the legal boundary clear: no speargun, no scuba, no compressor, and no shark take. Sharks are fully protected in the Bahamas Shark Sanctuary.
Bimini sea forecast and live water check
Bimini has a live water-view camera for the Resorts World marina and beach feed, useful for a surface read before committing to the west wall. Bimini has a Bahamas-banks tidal regime, sheltered status, and a bad sector from 210-330 degrees, with the worst direction near 280 degrees. There is no wired local buoy station. Those are planning cues, not safety grades; verify wind, tide, current, and pickup before entering Gulf Stream-influenced water.
Bahamas rules for Bimini sling fishing
The national rule is blunt: only a Hawaiian sling or pole spear is allowed, and the diver must be on breath-hold. No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit, or must fish from a licensed charter. Catch is for personal use only, selling it is banned, spear use needs a written endorsement on the permit, and competitions are banned.
Fish and no-take calls in Bimini
Victory Reef lists snapper, grouper, and hogfish; Tuna Alley and the Continental Shelf add pelagic movement. Nassau grouper is closed from 1 Dec to 28 Feb and carries a 3 lb minimum outside the closure with head, tail, and skin intact. Black grouper has the same 3 lb minimum. Mutton snapper is a winter-spring reef-edge target; hogfish sits on the sand-reef interface; lionfish culling is encouraged year-round. Crawfish and queen conch are not spear targets. Turtles, sharks, and corals are no-take.
FAQ
Can I bring a speargun to Bimini?
No. Spearguns are banned nationwide. In Bimini, use only a Hawaiian sling or pole spear while freediving.
What are the main spearfishing Bimini marks?
Victory Reef, Tuna Alley, Turtle Rocks, SS Sapona, Atlantis Road, Rainbow Reef, and the Continental Shelf have exact GPS marks.
Does Bimini have a live sea check?
Yes. A Resorts World marina and beach water-view camera is available for Bimini; there is no local buoy station.
What is the 200-yard rule in Bimini?
Bimini is an Out-Island setting, so no spearfishing within 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. The national New Providence and Freeport distance bans also apply.
What permit does a foreign visitor need?
Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or must fish from a licensed charter. The catch cannot be sold.
Is Rainbow Reef automatically open?
No. It is described with a proposed North Bimini reserve caveat. Verify the current status before taking fish.
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