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RegionSpotTrip dateArrival timeFishing styleTarget species

82GOOD FIT

02 / Your session estimate

Fri, Oct 9 · 06:30 · Space Coast

Good fit — Cocoa Beach Surf suits this plan

Redfish lines up at Cocoa Beach Surf for Fri, Oct 9 at 06:30. Recheck wind, waves, and alerts the evening before.

Conditions now at Cocoa Beach Surf: 37. This session's estimate: 82.

Planning estimate for Fri, Oct 9 at 06:30: spot, season, light, access hours, and NOAA tide predictions. Wind, waves, and alerts aren't forecast here, so check them the evening before.

How this differs from today’s score

For a session starting within about two hours, we start from conditions now. For later sessions we use the spot, the season, light and access hours at your arrival, and NOAA's predicted tide, not today's wind, waves, or alerts. Scores rate how well conditions suit the spot, not the chance of catching fish.

75–100 GO · Strong fit60–74 WINDOW · Timing matters0–59 HOLD · Limited fit

Scores rate how well conditions suit a spot. They aren't the chance of catching a fish.

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Nearshore wavesAvailable
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Fetch time is separate from observation time. Stale measurements are excluded from scoring.

Spot sequence

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3 options

1
Cocoa Beach Surf82
At arrival: around high tide
Conditions now 37Your plan 82
Spot & season 62 · Tide at arrival +16 · Light & access +0 · Species season +4 → 82
- NOAA predicts high tide at 06:30, which suits this spot.
- Redfish is in its active seasonal window.
2
Playalinda / North Beaches79
At arrival: around high tide
Conditions now 34Your plan 79
Spot & season 59 · Tide at arrival +16 · Light & access +0 · Species season +4 → 79
- NOAA predicts high tide at 06:30, which suits this spot.
- Redfish is in its active seasonal window.
3
Port Canaveral Channel Edge68
First light around 7:19 AM · Outgoing tide after high Fri 7:24 AM
Conditions now 85Your plan 68
Spot & season 62 · Tide at arrival -8 · Light & access +10 · Species season +4 → 68
- NOAA predicts high tide at 06:30, which this spot doesn't favor.
- Your arrival lines up with this spot's low-light preference.

Data confidence

Moderate confidence

67/100

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Source coverage and freshness, not the probability of catching fish. Future sessions have lower confidence.

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Penn Slammer IV 4500 Spinning ReelSpinning Reel · Tarpon, Cobia
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DOA Shrimp 3" (Natural) 3-packSoft Plastic · Seatrout, Redfish

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