Stuart Tide Schedule: Sunday, May 3, 2026

The water will pull back hard at Stuart on Sunday, bottoming out at a razor-thin 0.0 feet during the afternoon low — an exceptionally shallow reading that exposes oyster bars and grass flats rarely seen above the surface, according to NOAA tidal data.

TODAY'S TIDES — STUART (May 3, 2026)

Low: 3:50 a.m. — 0.3 ft High: 9:41 a.m. — 2.5 ft Low: 3:45 p.m. — 0.0 ft High: 10:18 p.m. — 3.0 ft

The morning high at 9:41 a.m. reaches 2.5 feet, giving boaters a clean window to run the shallower cuts around Manatee Pocket and the Krueger Creek basin before the tide begins its afternoon retreat. The day's tidal range — from the dead-low 0.0 at 3:45 p.m. to the evening high of 3.0 feet after 10 p.m. — swings a full three feet, one of the more dramatic single-day ranges of the spring season.

For anglers, that afternoon drain is the headline. As water retreats off the flats, snook and redfish concentrate at the mouths of tidal creeks and along deeper channel edges, making the two-hour window on either side of the 3:45 p.m. low among the most productive of the week. Wade-fishermen working the grass flats near St. Lucie Inlet should plan to be in position by 2 p.m.

The strong incoming tide that follows — pushing toward the 3.0-foot evening high — will refill the system quickly after dark, shifting the bite back inshore for night anglers targeting snook under lighted docks along the South Fork.

The 3.0-foot evening high is stronger than the morning high of 2.5 feet, a pattern driven by the mixed semidiurnal tidal cycle common to this stretch of the Southeast Florida coast, where the two daily highs and two daily lows often differ measurably in height. This nuance is worth tracking when planning a late-afternoon departure. Officials said

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