Fort Pierce Tide Guide: Friday, June 12

A near-zero low tide just after midnight sets the stage for one of the more productive tidal cycles of the season along the St. Lucie County coastline Friday.

TODAY: The morning high — 2.5 feet at 5:54 a.m. — arrives right at first light, giving early-rising anglers a brief push of clean water through the Fort Pierce Inlet before the tide turns and runs hard out. The afternoon low bottoms out at 0.6 feet below mean lower low water at 12:06 p.m., exposing sand flats and oyster bars on the Indian River Lagoon side that can concentrate redfish and snook in tight, fishable pockets. The evening high of 3.2 feet at 6:47 p.m. is the day's strongest — current will rip through the inlet during the flood, NOAA CO-OPS data shows.

ON THE WATER: The morning window, roughly 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., is the day's prime fishing window — incoming tide, low light, cooler water temperatures. Work the inlet jetties and nearshore structure on the flood. The midday low exposes productive shallow-water flats for wade fishing. Boaters departing the Fort Pierce City Marina should plan around the 12:06 p.m. low; shoal-prone channels in the northern lagoon will be at their shallowest then.

ALERTS: No active NWS watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for St. Lucie County as of publication. Boaters should monitor VHF Channel 16 for updates. June marks the opening of Atlantic hurricane season — conditions can change rapidly, NWS Melbourne forecasters note.

All tide predictions are referenced to the Fort Pierce gauge maintained by NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.

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