Spearfishing · Southeast Florida

Spearfishing in Miami

Haulover, Government Cut, and the edge of the Gulf Stream just minutes offshore. Sailfish, kingfish, and mahi runs year-round. Bonefish flats in Biscayne Bay on the back side.

Live conditions, water-clarity forecast, and bite-window timing for spearfishing in Miami, FL. Open the app for a live verdict and a tappable factor breakdown, free, no signup. Pro extends the forecast to 8 days.

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Conditions snapshot: Oct 5, 2026

Visibility

33 ft

22–50 ft range

Water

84°F

Wind

6 kts

Wave

1.6 ft

Swell

1.3 ft

Period

2.9s

Snapshot from Oct 5, 2026. Live values, factor breakdowns, and 8-day forecast in the app.

Notable species

Miami is known for:

SailfishMahiKingfishBonefishTarpon

Typical water visibility

Summer visibility around Miami is commonly reported in the 30–70 ft range, a community-guidance estimate, not a measurement. Rain, river discharge, swell mixing, and seasonality can shift real conditions dramatically day to day.

That's exactly why Submarius exists. The in-app clarity forecast starts from this coast's typical clarity for the time of year, built from in water measurements and satellite ocean color, then subtracts wave stirring, river and runoff plumes, and tide movement to estimate how far you'll actually see, shown as a low to high range, not a seasonal average.

How the clarity forecast works →

Last 7 days of model reads

One model estimate recorded each morning (UTC) for Miami. These are model estimates, not measurements; the low and high columns are the p10 to p90 range around the middle estimate.

Day	Low ft	Estimate ft	High ft
Oct 5	21	32	50
Oct 4	19	30	49
Oct 3	19	30	50
Oct 2	19	31	50
Oct 1	19	30	49
Sep 30	20	33	50
Sep 29	13	32	51

Table baked Oct 5, 2026; days the recorder missed are simply absent.

Clearest months at Miami

Model climatology from the baked clarity ceiling: the typical day and the best case (90th percentile) visibility for each month, with a seasonal algae bloom proneness flag. These are labelled model estimates, not measurements.

Month	Typical ft	Best case ft	Bloom risk
Jan	26	55	low
Feb	26	55	low
Mar	26	55	low
Apr	30	49	low
May	30	54	low
Jun	33	60	low
Jul	35	61	low
Aug	35	56	low
Sep	32	50	low
Oct	32	49	low
Nov	32	48	low
Dec	33	54	low

Ceiling artifact global-reef-v10-obis-world; table baked Oct 5, 2026.

What Submarius shows for Miami

Verdict score (0–10). Aggregates wind, swell, tide, moon, and water clarity into one decisive number.
Best window. The 2–3 hour stretch each day when conditions peak.
8-day forecast. Auto-scaled line graph showing which day this week is trending good.
Bite score. Tide stage, moon phase, solunar windows, and pressure trend combined into a 0–10 predictor.
Water clarity forecast. Secchi-depth estimate with uncertainty bounds and the next best vis window.
Free, anonymous. Check conditions with location on, no signup until you want to save spots or post reports.

Safety in the water

Submarius ships OCEARCH tagged-shark alerts, community shark sightings, SOS, and buddy GPS sharing, permanently free, regardless of subscription tier. For Miami specifically, the app shows any recent tagged sharks within range and lets you enable push notifications for sightings on your active tiles.