Tide Schedule for Stuart: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

TODAY: A textbook mixed semidiurnal tide pattern rolls through the St. Lucie River and Stuart's coastal waters Tuesday, with conditions favoring early risers on the water.

The first high tide peaks at 5:05 a.m. at 2.5 feet, according to NOAA CO-OPS tide predictions for Stuart. The water then drains hard through the morning, bottoming out at a near-zero low of exactly -0.0 feet at 11:17 a.m. That kind of drain exposes oyster bars and grass flat edges along the Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River, concentrating baitfish and pushing snook, redfish and trout into predictable ambush lanes.

The afternoon flood follows. The day's strongest high tide arrives at 5:49 p.m. at 2.8 feet — the biggest swing of the cycle, nearly three feet above the morning low. Anglers working the incoming afternoon push near dock pilings and channel edges on the St. Lucie should find actively feeding fish as the water rises. The overnight low settles at 0.4 feet at 11:55 p.m., according to NOAA data.

ON THE WATER: The six-hour tidal drop from the 5:05 a.m. high to the 11:17 a.m. low creates the day's most productive fishing window. Work the last of the outgoing current — roughly 9 to 11 a.m. — along exposed grass flat edges and oyster bar drains using live shrimp or a DOA Shrimp near the St. Lucie Inlet approaches for the best shot at redfish and trout before the flat goes dry.

All times are Eastern. Tide predictions are issued by NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Stuart reference station.

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