Florida closes and reopens more inshore fish this winter than any other Gulf state, and on different dates on each coast. Flounder reopen on December 1, the same day snook close on the Gulf coast and in the Keys; Atlantic snook close on December 15 and reopen on February 1. Spotted seatrout are closed in the Indian River Lagoon until December 31 and in the Panhandle for February. Gulf red snapper may be kept from a private boat on weekends and holidays until January 4, and Atlantic grouper close on New Year's Day. The Saturday after Thanksgiving is a license-free saltwater fishing day for visitors as well as residents.
What to fish for in early November
Two winters in one state. The Panhandle and the Big Bend take the northern Gulf's cold fronts and fish like Alabama, while the Keys and the far south stay warm enough to keep their whole menu. Everywhere between, a front sends fish off the flats into rivers, springs, canals and deep holes, and a hard enough cold snap kills snook.
Redfish (Red Drum)
Schools up in the cold and slides into the shallowest water that warms first on a sunny afternoon.
Where. Dark mud bottoms and creek mouths on the low tide, then out onto the flats as the sun warms them, from the Panhandle bayous to the Ten Thousand Islands.
The redfish (red drum) waters we forecast Water Forecast Pensacola Bay Best Sun, Nov 8, A+Today's forecast Crystal River Best Tue, Nov 10, AToday's forecast Islamorada Best Fri, Nov 13, B+Today's forecast Spotted Seatrout
Crowds into the spring-fed rivers and the deep creek mouths when the flats chill, where the water holds an even temperature, and moves back out to the grass on the mild spells.
Where. The spring rivers of the Big Bend, the Steinhatchee, the Crystal and the Homosassa, the deep holes of the Panhandle bayous, and the residential canals from Tampa Bay south.
The spotted seatrout waters we forecast Water Forecast Tampa Bay Today's forecast Snook
Abandons the surf and the inlets for water that stays mild, and stops eating in a real cold snap; a hard freeze can kill fish trapped in the shallows.
Where. Up the rivers and backcountry creeks, in deep residential canals and around warm-water outfalls, mostly from Tampa Bay and the Indian River south.
The snook waters we forecast Water Forecast Biscayne Bay Best Thu, Nov 12, A+Today's forecast Sheepshead
Crowds onto hard structure through the cold months and spawns late in them, from Pensacola to the Keys.
Where. Bridge pilings, the Mayport and Panhandle jetties, docks and nearshore reefs, on the bottom tight against the structure.
The sheepshead waters we forecast Water Forecast East Pass at Destin Best Wed, Nov 11, A+Today's forecast St. Johns River at Mayport Best Mon, Nov 9, A+Today's forecast Crappie
Speckled perch, the freshwater winter fishery: they bunch up and feed right through the cold months.
Where. Open water over the deeper basins of the big lakes, Okeechobee, the Harris chain, the St. Johns lakes and Lake Talquin, drifted or trolled with minnows and jigs.
The crappie waters we forecast Water Usual water now Forecast Lake Talquin about 69F Today's forecast Largemouth Bass
The spawn starts in the south of the state and works north through the quarter, which is when the big females move up.
Where. Shallow, sandy, protected water at the edge of the vegetation in Okeechobee, the Kissimmee chain and the Harris chain, the south first and the north later.
The largemouth bass waters we forecast Water Usual water now Forecast Lake Okeechobee about 78F Today's forecast
Usual water now is that water's normal for this point in the season: a lake's modeled seasonal curve or a river gauge's long-run average, not this year's reading. The forecast link reads this week's.
What changes soon
The next six weeks of this report's calendar for Florida.
- Sat November 7Florida's Gulf red snapper opens to private boats for the weekend, and again on November 14 and 15, November 21 and 22 and November 26 to 29.
- Sat November 28Florida's license-free saltwater fishing day, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, for visitors as well as residents.
- Tue December 1Flounder reopen in Louisiana, ten a day at any size, and in Alabama and Florida, five a day of at least 14 inches. Snook close on Florida's Gulf coast and in the Keys until the end of February.
- Sat December 5Florida's Gulf red snapper weekends continue: 5 and 6, 12 and December 13, 19 and 20 and December 25 to 27.
- Tue December 15Snook close on Florida's Atlantic coast until January 31.
In the last two weeks
- Sun November 1Spotted seatrout close in Florida's Indian River Lagoon region until December 31, and hogfish close on the Atlantic side, the Keys included, until May 1.
- Sun November 1Flounder close in Texas until December 14, and in Alabama for the whole of November. Louisiana's and Florida's have been closed since October 15.
Every date for Florida from November to February (11)
- Sun November 1Flounder close in Texas until December 14, and in Alabama for the whole of November. Louisiana's and Florida's have been closed since October 15.
- Sun November 1Spotted seatrout close in Florida's Indian River Lagoon region until December 31, and hogfish close on the Atlantic side, the Keys included, until May 1.
- Sat November 7Florida's Gulf red snapper opens to private boats for the weekend, and again on November 14 and 15, November 21 and 22 and November 26 to 29.
- Sat November 28Florida's license-free saltwater fishing day, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, for visitors as well as residents.
- Tue December 1Flounder reopen in Louisiana, ten a day at any size, and in Alabama and Florida, five a day of at least 14 inches. Snook close on Florida's Gulf coast and in the Keys until the end of February.
- Sat December 5Florida's Gulf red snapper weekends continue: 5 and 6, 12 and December 13, 19 and 20 and December 25 to 27.
- Tue December 15Snook close on Florida's Atlantic coast until January 31.
- Fri January 1In Gulf federal water, scamp, black, yellowfin and yellowmouth grouper close until July 1, and gray triggerfish until March 1. Florida's Atlantic grouper, the Keys included, close until May 1, the Edges close until May 1, and seatrout reopen in the Indian River Lagoon.
- Mon January 4Last day of Florida's Gulf red snapper season for private boats, which opened again on New Year's Day.
- Mon February 1Spotted seatrout close in Florida's Panhandle for the month, and snook reopen on Florida's Atlantic coast.
- Sun February 28Last day of the gray triggerfish closure in Gulf federal water. Florida's Gulf snook closure ends at midnight.
This week's fishing reports
This report covers the season. For what was caught this week, read the people who report on this water.
Florida is covered unevenly, and almost none of it by the agency or the shops. Florida Sportsman's regional forecast pages are the backbone: the Lower Keys and Southwest pages ran most weeks last winter with water temperatures, the others in fits. The Islander on Anna Maria Island, the Boca Beacon, Keys Weekly and the Apopka Chief run weekly columns, Great Days Outdoors covers the Panhandle weekly, and Coastal Angler's monthly editions fill in from Tampa Bay to the Keys. The holes are where people search most: Miami, Biscayne Bay and Broward, Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Tampa Bay north of the Skyway, and St. Joe Bay. FWC publishes no conditions report.
- Florida Sportsman, Lower Keys forecastCapt. Jamie Connell
- Florida Sportsman, Southwest forecastCapt. Greg Stamper
- The Islander fishing column
- Boca Beacon fishing column
- Keys Weekly, Florida Keys Fish Reportguide columnists
- The Apopka Chief fishing column
- Great Days Outdoors, Northwest Florida Fishing ReportJoe Baya, Butch Thierry
- Coastal Angler Magazine, Tampa Bay editionCapt. Wade Osborne and others
Where to fish in Florida, area by area
Each water links to its live forecast. The engine outlook in these areas was generated November 3, 2026, for the 14 days from that date; good hours are the hours at or above a B+.
The Panhandle, Pensacola to Apalachicola
Pensacola Bay · Santa Rosa Sound · Choctawhatchee Bay · East Pass at Destin · St. Andrew Bay
White-sand beaches, deep passes and bays fed by big rivers, on a coast that faces south over the shallow northern Gulf and takes every cold front before the peninsula does. It fishes more like Alabama than like the rest of Florida: redfish and trout up the bayous and rivers, sheepshead and black drum on the jetties and bridges, and long piers off the beaches.
Who reports here. Great Days Outdoors carried the Pensacola to Panama City report weekly through last winter, and the Pensacola Fishing Forum supplied dated member posts. St. Joe Bay and Apalachicola lost their weekly column in September 2025 and had nobody through a winter with red tide in the bay; no Destin shop or fleet publishes dated reports. Hurricane Isaias came ashore at Destin on October 9, and on October 11 the Florida units of Gulf Islands National Seashore and the Navarre and Panama City Beach piers were still closed, with no reopening posted.
Engine outlook
- Best: Wed, Nov 11, A+11 good hours76F measured nearbybest run 11h
- Best: Sun, Nov 8, A+13 good hours73F measured Nov 3 at Pensacola tide stationbest run 13h
The Big Bend and the Nature Coast
Steinhatchee River · Cedar Key · Crystal River · Homosassa River · Withlacoochee River
The coast without beaches: a long run of shallow grass flats and oyster bars, and spring-fed rivers that pour water of an even temperature into the Gulf all year. In cold weather the fish crowd into those rivers and the deeper creek mouths, so a map of the springs is a map of where to start.
Who reports here. Capt. William Toney's Florida Sportsman page is the one dated report for Homosassa to Steinhatchee, and it skipped November and December last winter. Crystal River, which people search by name, has no local reporter.
Engine outlook
- Best: Tue, Nov 10, A10 good hours75F from a freshwater gauge, so treat it carefully on salt waterbest run 5h
Tampa Bay and Sarasota
Tampa Bay · the Sunshine Skyway · Anna Maria Island · Sarasota Bay · Manatee River
A large urban estuary and the barrier islands south of it: grass flats, mangrove shorelines, a deep shipping channel and the bridges and piers that cross it. Rivers and residential canals give fish somewhere to go when the flats cool, which is why the bay fishes on days the open beaches do not.
Who reports here. The Islander on Anna Maria Island runs a guide column every Tuesday and CB's Saltwater Outfitters reports Sarasota Bay. Tampa Bay north of the Skyway, the second most searched Florida city, has only Coastal Angler's monthly edition.
Engine outlook
- Its best day in this outlook has passed.
Charlotte Harbor to the Everglades
Charlotte Harbor · Boca Grande Pass · Pine Island Sound · Estero Bay · Naples
Mangrove coast from Charlotte Harbor south: a big harbor fed by the Peace and Myakka rivers, the passes between the barrier islands, and below Naples the maze of mangrove islands and creeks that runs into the Everglades. The deeper creek bends and backcountry rivers are where fish settle when the water cools.
Who reports here. Capt. Greg Stamper's Florida Sportsman page ran most weeks last winter with measured water temperatures, and the Boca Beacon reports Boca Grande. Naples and Marco Island have only monthly columns, and Flamingo nothing from the mainland side. Charlotte Harbor is left out of the outlook below, because its nearest thermometer is at Fort Myers on the Caloosahatchee.
The Florida Keys
Florida Bay · Key Largo · Islamorada · Marathon · Key West
A chain of islands between the shallow backcountry of Florida Bay and the reef, with deep water a short run from the dock. The water stays warm enough through winter to keep a full menu on offer, and a cold front moves the fishing from the flats to the channels, the bridges and the reef rather than ending it.
Who reports here. Capt. Jamie Connell's Lower Keys page ran almost every week last winter, with backcountry water temperatures, and Keys Weekly prints a guide column. Key West shops and charters publish nothing dated beyond it.
Engine outlook
- Best: Fri, Nov 13, B+9 good hours79F modeled from weather, no gaugebest run 5h
Southeast Florida, Palm Beach to Miami
Biscayne Bay · the Miami canals · Fort Lauderdale · Palm Beach · Jupiter Inlet
Where the Gulf Stream runs close to the beach, so blue water is a short run offshore, while inshore there are inlets, the Intracoastal, Biscayne Bay and, inland, the freshwater canals of Miami and Broward with their introduced peacock bass. Dense with anglers and thin on published reports.
Who reports here. Nobody could be shown to have reported Miami, Biscayne Bay or Broward last winter, although Miami is the most searched Florida city for a fishing report; the drift boats post daily on social media only. Florida Sportsman's Southeast page reaches Jupiter and Palm Beach in fits.
Engine outlook
- Best: Thu, Nov 12, A+11 good hours81F measured Nov 3 at Virginia Key tide stationbest run 7h
The Space Coast and the Indian River Lagoon
Indian River Lagoon · Mosquito Lagoon · Banana River · Sebastian Inlet · Port Canaveral
A long, shallow lagoon behind the barrier islands, with Mosquito Lagoon at its north end and few inlets to the ocean, so it heats and cools with the air and holds big redfish and big trout on flats a wading angler can reach. Sebastian and Ponce inlets connect it to the surf and the passes.
Who reports here. The cold that set in on February 1, 2026, killed snook from Sebastian Inlet to Tomoka Basin, and FWC set no closure for it. Mosquito Lagoon and Sebastian have only Coastal Angler's monthly columns and a few Florida Sportsman blocks.
Engine outlook
- Best: Sun, Nov 15, A13 good hours75F measured nearbybest run 13h
Northeast Florida, Jacksonville to St. Augustine
the St. Johns River mouth · the Mayport jetties · Nassau Sound · Matanzas Inlet · the Intracoastal Waterway
Salt marsh and tidal creeks behind the beaches, tides big by Florida standards, and the mouth of the St. Johns with the jetties at Mayport. It fishes more like the Georgia coast than like south Florida: redfish working the marsh creeks and sheepshead and black drum on the jetties, docks and bridges.
Who reports here. Nobody publishes a dated report for Jacksonville, the Mayport jetties, St. Augustine or Fernandina, the winter sheepshead on the jetties included.
Engine outlook
- Best: Mon, Nov 9, A+12 good hours73F measured Nov 3 at Mayport (Bar Pilots Dock) tide stationbest run 12h
Lake Okeechobee and the Heartland lakes
Lake Okeechobee · Lake Istokpoga · the Kissimmee River
A huge, shallow lake inside a dike, with grass along its western and northern rims, and the smaller lakes of the ridge to the north. The Corps manages the level, so how much grass is flooded, and so where the bass can be, follows the releases as much as the weather.
Who reports here. The Corps posts the lake level every day and the water management district a weekly operations report with stages and releases. The only human report for the lake is Coastal Angler's monthly edition; the Highlands News-Sun reports Lake Istokpoga twice a week.
Engine outlook
- Its best day in this outlook has passed.
The central Florida lakes
Lake Tohopekaliga · Lake Kissimmee · the Harris chain · Lake Apopka · the Butler chain
Chains of lakes joined by canals, south of Orlando and to its northwest, mostly shallow and grassy and fished almost entirely for largemouth bass and crappie. Grass and its management decide where fish can be from year to year more than any single structure does.
Who reports here. The Apopka Chief's lakes column runs every week. Nobody on the Kissimmee chain publishes a dated report, and the late-January tournament results were the clearest record of last winter's bite.
The St. Johns River lakes and Rodman
St. Johns River · Lake George · Crescent Lake · Rodman Reservoir
The St. Johns flows north through a string of wide lakes, Lake George the biggest, with spring runs feeding it and Rodman Reservoir on the Ocklawaha off to the west. Slow and tannic, it is crappie and bass water in the lakes, with striped bass and shad in the river.
Who reports here. Rodman Reservoir was drawn down from mid-November 2025 to early March 2026, with black bass catch and release only, and nobody reported it. Lake George and Crescent Lake appear only in FWC's undated seasonal forecasts.
North Florida's rivers and lakes
Lake Talquin · Lake Seminole · Apalachicola River · Ochlockonee River · Choctawhatchee River
The fresh water of the Panhandle and the north, Lake Talquin on the Ochlockonee west of Tallahassee, the Florida side of Lake Seminole, shared with Georgia, the Apalachicola and the Choctawhatchee running down to the bays, Deer Point by Panama City, and the Suwannee and Santa Fe with their springs, speckled perch, bass and catfish water where the cold months are the crappie season.
Who reports here. No dated winter report could be found for these waters. Florida Sportsman's Panhandle forecast mentions fresh water in winter only in passing, and the Commission's page for each lake carries a seasonal forecast overwritten in place.
Engine outlook
- Its best day in this outlook has passed.
The rules from November to February
What changed this time
- Gulf red snapper, private boats in state and federal water: open 7 and 8, 14 and November 15, 21 and 22, November 26 to 29, 5 and 6, 12 and December 13, 19 and 20, December 25 to 27 and January 1 to 4, 2027, then closed. A charter boat without a federal permit fishes the same days in state water only.
- Pending, not decided: a second Atlantic red snapper season in December 2026, which FWC and NOAA Fisheries will consider after the October one.
- Gag (closed on October 1) and greater amberjack (closed on October 14) stay closed in the Gulf all winter, and gray triggerfish close from January 1 to February 28. FWC's grouper page still prints a federal closure beyond 20 fathoms in February and March that was removed on October 2, 2026.
- Hurricane Isaias came ashore near Destin on October 9. On October 11 every Florida unit of Gulf Islands National Seashore, eleven state parks from Big Lagoon to Grayton Beach, the Navarre and Panama City Beach piers and the downtown Panama City ramp were closed, and no fishing rule had changed because of the storm.
- Lake Okeechobee: four boat locks on the north shore are closed for low water, and the Taylor Creek lock opens on weekends only, by the water management district's notice of October 1. The L-29, L-67A and L-67C canals along Tamiami Trail in Miami-Dade are closed to all access, fishing included, until about March 2027.
- No new freshwater rules for 2026-27, by FWC's own statement, and no Rodman drawdown this winter; the last one ended in March 2026.
Read on October 11, 2026, from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's license pages, its freshwater and saltwater recreational regulations (general rules, bait, snook, red drum, spotted seatrout, flounder, sheepshead, black drum, groupers, snappers, hogfish, tarpon and reef-fish gear), its free fishing days and its news releases; from NOAA Fisheries and the Federal Register for federal water; from Florida State Parks, the National Park Service and the South Florida Water Management District for access.
Licenses, and which state's rules apply
- Residents and visitors need a Florida license to fish, catch and release included, freshwater and saltwater separately; under 16 is exempt, but the exemption at 65 is for residents only. A visitor can buy a three-day, seven-day or annual license. The no-cost shoreline license is for residents, so a visitor needs the full saltwater license on a pier or a beach too. A license synced to the Fish|Hunt FL app counts as carrying it.
- A Georgia license is good on the St. Marys River and Lake Seminole, though not up their Florida tributary creeks. A Florida saltwater license is needed to land any saltwater fish in Florida, from state or federal water, unless the angler is on a licensed charter boat or a licensed pier.
- Snook need a snook permit on top of the saltwater license, from shore as well. Fishing for reef fish from a private boat takes the free State Reef Fish Angler designation, at 16 and over and even for a resident exempt from the license at 65. Fishing for sharks from shore, a pier or a bridge takes a free permit after an online course. No license is needed on the saltwater license-free day on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Bait, gear and fish you cannot keep
- In fresh water there is no limit on rods, and game fish may be taken only on a pole or a rod. Black bass and peacock bass may not be used as bait, nor may live goldfish or carp, and no live nonnative baitfish other than variable platys and fathead minnows may be moved from one water to another. No live bass but certified Florida bass may be brought into or moved around the state.
- Red drum, spotted seatrout, flounder, sheepshead and black drum may not be taken on more than one hook with natural bait, so a two-hook bait rig is illegal for all of them, and red drum may not be speared or gigged. Snook, red drum and seatrout must stay whole until landed ashore.
- A boat fishing for reef fish such as grouper and snapper must carry and use circle hooks of non-stainless steel with natural bait (in the Gulf, and north of the 28th parallel on the Atlantic side), a dehooking tool, and a descending device or venting tool rigged and ready.
Lakes, ponds and rivers
- Black bass are five a day with only one of them 16 inches or longer, and no minimum for Florida largemouth; Suwannee, shoal, spotted and Choctaw bass must be at least 12 inches. Crappie are 25 a day, panfish 50, and striped, white and sunshine bass 20 together, only six of them 24 inches or longer.
- Two northern lakes run on their own limits. On Lake Talquin every crappie under 10 inches goes back. On Lake Seminole the limits for black bass, the striped, white and sunshine bass, crappie and panfish follow Georgia's: ten black bass, each at least 12 inches, 30 crappie and 50 other panfish.
Salt water
- Snook close for the winter: from December 1 to the end of February on the Gulf coast, the Keys included, and from December 15 to January 31 on the Atlantic coast from Miami-Dade County north. When open, a snook is one a day between 28 and 33 inches on the Gulf side and 28 and 32 on the Atlantic.
- Red drum are open all year, one a day between 18 and 27 inches, with a boat limit of four in the Panhandle, the Big Bend and the Northeast and two everywhere else. In the Indian River Lagoon they are catch and release only.
- Spotted seatrout are kept between 15 and 19 inches, three a day in most regions, five in the Big Bend and two in the Indian River Lagoon. The Panhandle closes them in February and the Indian River Lagoon from November 1 to December 31. Most regions allow one fish over 19 inches per boat, or per person from shore; the Indian River Lagoon and the Northeast allow none.
- Flounder are closed from October 15 to November 30, then five a day of at least 14 inches. Sheepshead are eight a day of at least 12 inches, and black drum five between 14 and 24 inches, one of which may be over 24.
- On the Atlantic side, the Keys included, red, black and scamp grouper are open only from May 1 to December 31, so they are closed in January and February. In the Gulf, red grouper stays open in state waters, two a day of at least 20 inches within four grouper, while in Gulf federal water scamp, black, yellowfin and yellowmouth grouper close every year from January 1 to June 30. The Edges, an offshore area in the Gulf, is closed from January 1 to April 30, and the Gulf gag season is set each year.
- Tarpon are catch and release only; the one tag a person may buy each year is for a state or world record, and a tarpon over 40 inches must stay in the water otherwise.
Read on these agency pages: FWC: Do I Need a License? (exemptions), FWC: Licenses and Permits FAQs, FWC: Recreational Saltwater Licenses & Permits, FWC: State Reef Fish Survey, FWC: License-Free Fishing Days, FWC: Methods of Taking Freshwater Fish, FWC: Methods of Taking Bait (freshwater), FWC: Restricted Species (freshwater release and movement), FWC: Red Drum (Redfish), FWC: Spotted Seatrout, FWC: Flounder, FWC: Sheepshead, FWC: Black Drum, FWC: Snook, FWC: Reef Fish Gear Rules, FWC: General Statewide Bag and Length Limits (freshwater), FWC: Lake Talquin (Freshwater Sites and Forecasts), FWC: Lake Seminole (Freshwater Sites and Forecasts), FWC: Groupers, NOAA Fisheries: Final rule, Gulf other shallow-water grouper fixed closed season, FWC: Tarpon.
The season at a glance
What these months usually do
Each lake's own seasonal curve, the one the engine scores the lake on: what these dates usually do, modeled rather than measured, and not a forecast for this year.
| Water | Nov 1 | Dec 1 | Jan 1 | Feb 1 | Feb 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Okeechobee | 79F | 74F | 70F | 69F | 73F |
| Lake Talquin | 70F | 61F | 56F | 56F | 61F |
The moon from November to February
| Month | New moon | Full moon |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | Mon, Nov 9 | Tue, Nov 24 |
| December 2026 | Tue, Dec 8 | Wed, Dec 23 |
| January 2027 | Thu, Jan 7 | Fri, Jan 22 |
| February 2027 | Sat, Feb 6 | Sat, Feb 20 |
The U.S. Naval Observatory's dates, on local time.
Daylight in each area from November to February
Worked out for one place in each area, on its own clock.
| Area | Shortest day | Earliest sunset | Latest sunrise |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Panhandle, Pensacola to Apalachicolaat Pensacola Bay, on Central time | 10h 11m, Dec 21 | 4:49pm, around Dec 2 | 6:48am, around Jan 9 |
| The Big Bend and the Nature Coastat Crystal River | 10h 18m, Dec 21 | 5:34pm, around Dec 2 | 7:27am, around Jan 10 |
| Tampa Bay and Sarasotaat Tampa Bay | 10h 23m, Dec 21 | 5:36pm, around Dec 1 | 7:24am, around Jan 11 |
| Charlotte Harbor to the Evergladesat Charlotte Harbor | 10h 27m, Dec 21 | 5:36pm, around Nov 30 | 7:20am, around Jan 12 |
| The Florida Keysat Islamorada | 10h 35m, Dec 21 | 5:34pm, around Nov 29 | 7:10am, around Jan 13 |
| Southeast Florida, Palm Beach to Miamiat Biscayne Bay | 10h 32m, Dec 21 | 5:31pm, around Nov 29 | 7:10am, around Jan 13 |
| The Space Coast and the Indian River Lagoonat Mosquito Lagoon | 10h 18m, Dec 21 | 5:27pm, around Dec 1 | 7:19am, around Jan 10 |
| Northeast Florida, Jacksonville to St. Augustineat St. Johns River at Mayport | 10h 11m, Dec 21 | 5:26pm, around Dec 3 | 7:25am, around Jan 9 |
| Lake Okeechobee and the Heartland lakesat Lake Okeechobee | 10h 26m, Dec 21 | 5:31pm, around Dec 1 | 7:15am, around Jan 12 |
| The central Florida lakesat Kissimmee | 10h 21m, Dec 21 | 5:31pm, around Dec 2 | 7:20am, around Jan 11 |
| The St. Johns River lakes and Rodmanat Astor, on the St. Johns | 10h 17m, Dec 21 | 5:29pm, around Dec 2 | 7:23am, around Jan 10 |
| North Florida's rivers and lakesat Lake Talquin | 10h 11m, Dec 21 | 5:39pm, around Dec 3 | 7:37am, around Jan 10 |
The lowest tides from November to February
| Station | Lowest, Nov | Lowest, Dec | Lowest, Jan | Lowest, Feb | Biggest range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensacola | -0.5 ftFri, Nov 27, 11:50am | -0.9 ftThu, Dec 24, 9:55am | -1.0 ftThu, Jan 21, 8:47am | -0.8 ftWed, Feb 17, 6:39am | 2.4 ftDec 24 |
| East Pass (Destin) | -0.2 ftFri, Nov 27, 11:16am | -0.3 ftThu, Dec 24, 9:21am | -0.3 ftThu, Jan 21, 8:13am | -0.3 ftWed, Feb 17, 6:05am | 1.0 ftNov 26 |
| Shell Island, north end | -0.6 ftWed, Nov 25, 9:35am | -0.6 ftThu, Dec 24, 9:29am | -0.4 ftFri, Jan 22, 9:15am | -0.2 ftFri, Feb 19, 8:08am | 4.4 ftDec 25 |
| St. Petersburg | -0.6 ftThu, Nov 26, 9:39am | -0.9 ftThu, Dec 24, 8:45am | -1.0 ftThu, Jan 21, 7:49am | -0.8 ftThu, Feb 18, 6:47am | 3.6 ftDec 24 |
| Turtle Bay | -0.4 ftWed, Nov 25, 9:49am | -0.6 ftThu, Dec 24, 9:48am | -0.8 ftWed, Jan 20, 8:05am | -0.7 ftWed, Feb 17, 6:51am | 2.7 ftDec 24 |
| Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay | -0.1 ftWed, Nov 25, 5:59am | -0.2 ftThu, Dec 24, 5:52am | -0.3 ftThu, Jan 21, 4:54am | -0.2 ftThu, Feb 18, 3:51am | 1.1 ftDec 24 |
| Coral Shoal, Biscayne Channel | -0.3 ftWed, Nov 25, 2:32am | -0.6 ftFri, Dec 25, 3:12am | -0.7 ftSat, Jan 23, 2:59am | -0.6 ftMon, Feb 22, 3:55pm | 3.1 ftJan 23 |
| Turtle Mound, Mosquito Lagoon | -0.1 ftTue, Nov 24, 5:43pm | -0.1 ftThu, Dec 24, 6:12pm | -0.1 ftFri, Jan 22, 5:48pm | -0.1 ftSat, Feb 20, 5:24pm | 0.7 ftNov 24 |
| Mayport (Bar Pilot Dock) | -0.4 ftThu, Nov 26, 2:43am | -0.9 ftFri, Dec 25, 2:31am | -1.3 ftSat, Jan 23, 2:21am | -1.2 ftSun, Feb 21, 2:08am | 6.7 ftJan 23 |
NOAA's predictions, in feet above the average of each day's lower low tide, so a minus tide falls below it. Wind and air pressure move the water off the prediction.