Stuart Tides for Monday, May 25: A Perfect Low at Mid-Morning

TODAY: A textbook Memorial Day tide window opens across Martin County's waterways. NOAA CO-OPS tidal data shows a rare dead-low of exactly 0.0 feet at Stuart at 10:29 a.m. — as clean a bottom-out as the tide gauge records.

The day opens with a modest high of 2.6 feet at 4:13 a.m., already ebbing by the time most boaters reach the dock. That mid-morning zero sets up a hard flush through the St. Lucie River's tidal creeks and along the seagrass flats of the Indian River Lagoon. Snook and redfish that stack in the deeper holes during slack water will begin pushing onto the flats aggressively as the tide turns and starts to build.

The afternoon high — 2.8 feet at 4:57 p.m., the strongest of the day — is the window anglers want. A rising tide in the late afternoon, especially over submerged grass beds near Sewall's Point and the St. Lucie Inlet, concentrates baitfish and draws predators in tight. Work a live pilchard or finger mullet along the edge where the grass meets hard sand bottom between three and six p.m. for the best shot at a keeper.

TONIGHT: The tide drops back to a 0.4-foot low at 11:01 p.m., NOAA CO-OPS data shows. A gentle overnight drain leaves conditions calm for late anchoring or any boaters returning to the dock after a holiday sunset cruise.

ALERTS: No active NWS watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for Martin County at time of publication.

Tide predictions provided by NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Station: Stuart, FL. All heights referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).

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