Florida Fishing Weather, Spot by Spot
Salty Forecast covers Florida's Gulf coast and the Keys with tides, wind, water temperature, live radar, and offshore swell — everything an angler checks before running the boat. There's inland Georgia too — from Atlanta's tailwater trout up to Blue Ridge and Lake Lanier. Pick your water:
Nature Coast
Tampa Bay & Pinellas
Sarasota Coast
- Anna Maria IslandBean Point, the passes, and Tampa Bay's southern mouth.
- Bradenton BeachSarasota Bay grass flats and Longboat Pass on southern AMI.
- SarasotaSarasota Bay flats, Big Pass, and nearshore reefs.
- Siesta KeySummer beach snook and Little Sarasota Bay flats.
- VeniceThe Venice Jetty, the pier, and shark-tooth beaches.
Lemon Bay & Charlotte Harbor
- Manasota KeyLemon Bay flats and the Gulf beaches north of Stump Pass.
- Stump Pass · Englewood BeachEnglewood Beach's home pass — snook, reds, and Lemon Bay flats.
- Placida · Gasparilla SoundGasparilla Sound, the Placida trestle, and Charlotte Harbor.
- Boca GrandeThe world's tarpon capital — Boca Grande Pass and Gasparilla Island.
Paradise Coast
The Florida Keys
- Key LargoReef, flats, and Gulf Stream at the top of the Keys.
- IslamoradaThe self-proclaimed Sportfishing Capital of the World.
- MarathonSeven Mile Bridge tarpon and Middle Keys reef.
- Big Pine KeyQuiet Lower Keys backcountry flats and reefs.
- Key WestFlats, harbor tarpon, and blue water at the end of the road.
Atlantic Coast
Georgia
- Blue RidgeGeorgia's trout town — the Toccoa tailwater and Lake Blue Ridge.
- Marble HillFoothills trout water — Amicalola Creek, Dawson Forest, and the upper Etowah.
- Lake LanierMagnum spotted bass and open-water stripers on Georgia's big lake.
- AtlantaBig-city trout on the Chattahoochee tailwater, right through town.
Tides from NOAA CO-OPS, forecasts from Open-Meteo, water temperature and swell from NOAA NDBC buoys. Salty Forecast is free for everyone.