Tide Schedule: Stuart — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Wednesday delivers a textbook Treasure Coast tide cycle for anyone who earns a living — or a weekend — on the water.

TODAY: Stuart's first high tide crests at 5:24 a.m. at 2.7 feet, arriving well before most anglers drop a line. The day then drains hard toward a notable low of -0.1 feet at 11:36 a.m. — a negative reading that will expose oyster bars and grass flat edges rarely seen above the waterline, concentrating baitfish and the snook that chase them into predictable ambush points. The afternoon high rebounds sharply to 3.0 feet by 6:07 p.m., the strongest reading of the day and one that pushes clean water back through the St. Lucie Inlet just as the sun drops.

TONIGHT: The 6:07 p.m. high is the final published prediction for Wednesday evening; overnight conditions will continue ebbing into Thursday's early cycle. Boaters returning after dark through the inlet should plan for an outgoing current by late evening Officials said.

THIS WEEK: Officials said

ON THE WATER: The 11:36 a.m. negative low is the tactical story of the day. "When we get a minus tide, the fish stack on the edges of the cuts — there's nowhere else for them to go," said Roger Thibeault, dockmaster at Pirate's Cove Resort & Marina in Stuart, who has watched the pattern repeat across 15 years on the St. Lucie. Work the deeper channel edges adjacent to the exposed flats with live pilchards or a DOA CAL jig in the nine to 11 a.m. window, just as the tide bottoms out. By comparison, last year's mid-May tides ran consistently shallower, with lows averaging near 0.3 feet — making Wednesday's negative reading an unusually productive outlier for Martin County flats fishing. The afternoon flood tide starting after the low creates a second bite window near the Sailfish Flats and North Fork channel markers, with the incoming push peaking through the inlet around sunset.

ALERTS: No active NWS watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for Martin County as of publication Officials said.

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