Spearfishing · Palm Beach

Spearfishing in West Palm Beach

Drift-diving country, where the Gulf Stream runs close enough to sweep divers over reef and wreck off Palm Beach. Blue Heron Bridge at nearby Phil Foster Park is a world-renowned shore dive for macro life and night diving.

Live conditions, water-clarity forecast, and bite-window timing for spearfishing in West Palm Beach, 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

35 ft

22–56 ft range

Water

85°F

Wind

2 kts

Wave

1.6 ft

Swell

1.2 ft

Period

5.5s

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

Notable species

West Palm Beach is known for:

Goliath GrouperHogfishMutton SnapperMahiSailfish

Typical water visibility

Summer visibility around West Palm Beach is commonly reported in the 40–80 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 West Palm Beach. 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	14	35	55
Oct 4	22	41	56
Oct 3	22	41	56
Oct 2	22	41	56
Oct 1	22	41	56
Sep 30	28	44	66
Sep 29	8	27	63

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

Clearest months at West Palm Beach

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	39	69	low
Feb	39	69	low
Mar	39	69	low
Apr	35	69	low
May	69	69	low
Jun	44	162	low
Jul	49	72	low
Aug	43	66	low
Sep	43	66	low
Oct	36	57	low
Nov	39	72	low
Dec	34	69	low

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

What Submarius shows for West Palm Beach

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 West Palm Beach specifically, the app shows any recent tagged sharks within range and lets you enable push notifications for sightings on your active tiles.