Fort Pierce Inlet High Tide Peaks at 4:48 a.m. Sunday

The water along the Fort Pierce Inlet was still pulling offshore in the blue-gray hour before dawn Sunday, the last of the ebb quietly emptying the channel before the flood reasserted itself — right on schedule.

TODAY: Partly cloudy skies and seasonal warmth are expected for St. Lucie County, with highs near the mid-80s. Rain chances remain low for the morning hours.

TIDES — FORT PIERCE (NOAA CO-OPS): The first high tide crests at 4:48 a.m. at 2.4 feet, giving way to a falling tide that reaches its low of 0.4 feet at 10:57 a.m. The afternoon flood then rebuilds to a second high of 2.2 feet at 5:07 p.m., before the water drains again overnight to a low of 0.2 feet at 11:12 p.m.

ON THE WATER: For anglers working the Fort Pierce Inlet or the nearshore reefs off Hutchinson Island, that long morning ebb — nearly six hours of water moving steadily out — is prime time. Bait stacks in the current seams, and snook and tarpon that have been staging along the inlet walls tend to feed aggressively as the tide drops toward slack. The afternoon flood, arriving through the three to five p.m. window, offers a second opportunity for guides running clients out of Fisherman's Wharf Marina [UNVERIFIABLE — editor must confirm] before sunset. The overnight low of just 0.2 feet is extremely shallow — trailering boats across the sandbar at the inlet's south side is not advisable after nine p.m.

ALERTS: No active NWS watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for St. Lucie County, according to NOAA data.

Tide predictions are issued by NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services and are subject to adjustment based on wind and barometric pressure, forecasters said.

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