Stuart Tide Guide: Friday, June 5

Friday's tides around Stuart run shallow and favorable for anyone looking to make the most of a June morning on the water.

TODAY: Partly cloudy with a typical early-summer heat buildup. Expect a 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms — standard rainy-season fare — with highs near 89 degrees. Get offshore or onto the flats early.

TONIGHT: Storms clear after dusk. Warm and muggy overnight, lows near 76 degrees.

ON THE WATER: The day opens with a modest low of 0.5 feet at 6:12 a.m. — enough water to move through most marked channels around the St. Lucie Inlet without grounding out. The flood tide crests at 2.2 feet by 12:05 p.m., pushing bait and snook into the river grass along the South Fork. The afternoon brings the day's shallowest water: a near-zero 0.3-foot low at 6:07 p.m. That evening drop can strand shallow-draft skiffs on the flats west of the A1A bridge — plan your return by 5 p.m. or wait for the flood to rebuild.

The best fishing window is the two hours flanking that morning low, from roughly 5:30 to 7:30 a.m., as receding water concentrates fish near channel edges. Snook season remains closed Officials said.

ALERTS: No active National Weather Service watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for Martin County as of this report. Monitor the National Weather Service Melbourne office for any afternoon storm upgrades, NOAA data shows.

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