Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
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.
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Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
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.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
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.
Open the seafloor mapReef, 3–12 m — hunt only >200 yd from shore, outside reserves. Hogfish, grouper, snapper. The pin itself is a shore landmark within 200 yd of the coast: Bahamian law bans spearfishing there — hunt only seaward of the band (boat needed).
Google MapsOnly cay off Grand Bahama's leeward shore — National Park, no-take. Dive/snorkel only, all spearfishing banned. Info point.
Google MapsBank-edge reef, 3–12 m — legal (outside reserves). Hogfish, grouper, snapper. Family-Island rule: stay >200 yd from any shore.
Google Maps70 m freighter sunk 1982 at the reef edge, 18–31 m — premier dive, but ~0.9 mile off Freeport's south coast: INSIDE the 1-mile ban, dive-only. Info point.
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.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
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».
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.
Freeport-Lucaya is a legal-planning page before it is a spots page. The south coast of Freeport has a 1 mile spearfishing ban, so popular dive names such as Theo's Wreck and the Lucaya reefs are not hunting spots even when fish are visible. The safer plan is to run past the mile or use East Grand Bahama bank-edge reef outside reserves. Bahamian national rules still apply there: spearguns are banned, only Hawaiian slings or pole spears are lawful, and spearfishing must be breath-hold with no scuba or compressor help. Peterson Cay National Park is no-take, so keep a hard margin around it.
The first two names below are included as red-line markers, not targets. Theo's Wreck is inside the 1 mile south-coast ban, and Peterson Cay National Park is no-take. The legal choices are reefs beyond the Freeport mile and outside park water, especially the East End bank edge when weather allows a longer ride.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean's Town / E Grand Bahama leeward reef | Leeward reef | 3-12 m | Beginner to intermediate | Boat, outside reserves | A practical East End option for hogfish, grouper and snapper. Stay more than 200 yd from any Family-Island shore and clear of protected water. |
| Sweeting Cay / East End bank reef | Bank-edge reef | 3-12 m | Intermediate | Boat, longer run | Shallow bank reef with clean-water potential in summer. It is useful when the Freeport south-coast ban removes closer dive sites from the hunt plan. |
| Theo's Wreck (MS Logna) |
| Wreck marker |
| 18-31 m |
| Dive-only for spearfishing |
| Charter dive site |
| Premier dive site but about 0.9 mile off Freeport's south coast, inside the 1 mile ban. Do not hunt it. |
The area is sheltered by the bank, but a south swell is the worst direction for the named coast. Summer can give 15-25 m clarity; winter blows can roll the bank and make shallow reefs milky. Because the closest famous sites are closed to spearfishing by distance or park status, do not let a poor forecast push the hunt into illegal water. Either run farther, change island sector or cancel the session.
Most Out-Island pages center on the 200 yd shore buffer. Freeport adds a stronger local rule: no spearfishing within 1 mile of the south coast. That captures well-known Lucaya dive sites. Outside that distance, the national gear rules remain unchanged: no spearguns, no scuba-assisted spearfishing, no compressors, and only Hawaiian slings or pole spears on breath-hold.
Hogfish, snapper and black grouper are the normal legal reef targets outside closed water. Nassau grouper closes from 1 Dec to 28 Feb and needs extra restraint outside that period. Crawfish and queen conch are not spear targets; crawfish are seasonal and hand or hook rules matter. Sharks, turtles and coral are protected, and marine parks or national parks such as Peterson Cay are no-take zones.
No. It is inside the 1 mile Freeport south-coast ban, so it is a dive site, not a hunting site.
Only a Hawaiian sling or pole spear on breath-hold. Spearguns and scuba-assisted spearfishing are banned.
No. Peterson Cay National Park is no-take.
Past the 1 mile Freeport south-coast limit and outside reserves, or toward East Grand Bahama bank-edge reefs.
Yes, visitors need a sport-fishing permit unless fishing from a licensed charter.
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