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Navarre Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

The Panhandle's quiet pier town: emerald surf, a 1,500-foot pier, and Santa Rosa Sound flats without the Destin crowds.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 8:08 PM
Air / High
78 / 80 F
Wind
ESE 10 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 8729678, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Navarre offers the kind of conditions this water was made for. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 10 mph, steady pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 80. Tides: high 9:23 AM and 8:08 PM, low 2:02 AM and 1:37 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 78 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:24 AM-11:24 AM and 9:50 PM-11:50 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Redfish (red drum)Excellent

Spring and early summer put redfish on grass flats, shorelines and oyster bars; on the Gulf, fish below spawning age stay inside the bays (TPWD). Sight-cast to tailing and cruising fish or drift live shrimp under a popping cork.

Speckled troutExcellent

Spring brings seatrout back over shallow seagrass, and the spawning season (April to September in Louisiana and South Carolina) keeps them feeding. Popping corks with live shrimp, free-shrimping on the drift and casting to working birds are the main tools.

Tomorrow: Cooler at 75 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Florida requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $17.00 for residents, and salt water needs its own licence here. What a Florida licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing redfish (red drum) here? Check the size and bag limits with FWC before you keep anything. The season dates for Florida, read off the agency, are on the Florida seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 8729678 (Navarre Beach). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
LOW2:02 AM0.9 ft
HIGH9:23 AM1.2 ft
LOW1:37 PM1.0 ft
HIGH8:08 PM1.4 ft
Sat
LOW3:15 AM0.7 ft
HIGH7:38 PM1.6 ft

Pensacola tide chart: the week and the month β†’

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp78 F
High / Low80 / 52 F
WindESE 10-14 mph
Pressure1018.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:55 / 18:07
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~78 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Navarre this week

The best day on Navarre this week looks like Monday Oct 26, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Monday, Oct 26 β€” good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
9:24 AM-11:24 AM and 9:50 PM-11:50 PM
Minor period
3:45 AM-4:45 AM
Sun
06:55 to 18:07
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 10 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Navarre: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Redfish (red drum) illustration

Redfish (red drum)

Best: late-summer and fall bull run; inshore all year

Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), called redfish across the South, is a bronze inshore drum with a black spot near the tail, fished on grass flats, oyster bars, marsh creeks and beaches from the Chesapeake around Florida to Texas. Spring and early summer put redfish on grass flats, shorelines and oyster bars; on the Gulf, fish below spawning age stay inside the bays (TPWD). Sight-cast to tailing and cruising fish or drift live shrimp under a popping cork.

Speckled trout illustration

Speckled trout

Shallow bays spring and summer; deeper water in winter

Speckled trout is the anglers' name for the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), a spotted member of the drum family that lives in shallow bays and estuaries from the Chesapeake to Texas. Spring brings seatrout back over shallow seagrass, and the spawning season (April to September in Louisiana and South Carolina) keeps them feeding. Popping corks with live shrimp, free-shrimping on the drift and casting to working birds are the main tools.

When to come: the Navarre calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Redfish (red drum)
Speckled trout
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 78 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~78 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Navarre today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 79 F, wind to 7 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 78 F, wind to 6 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 77 F, wind to 10 mph.

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Before you go

License

Florida requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Florida saltwater license (shore-based fishing has its own free registry rule if unlicensed: check FWC). Pompano 11-inch fork, 6 per person.

Access

Navarre Beach Pier (fee), public surf accesses along Gulf Blvd, sound-side parks and kayak launches.

About this water

Barrier-island beach town on Santa Rosa Island, Santa Rosa County, FL. The quiet middle of the Emerald Coast.

Fishing Navarre: the full guide

The longest pier in Florida

Navarre Beach Pier runs 1,545 feet into the emerald Gulf, deep enough at the end to intersect the spring cobia migration in April, king mackerel all summer, and Spanish, bonito, and redfish along its length. Pier culture rules apply: the regulars at the end run heavy rigs for kings; the mid-pier crowd works Gotcha plugs for Spanish; everyone watches for the brown shadows of cruising cobia.

Surf and sound

The surf fishes classic Panhandle: pompano on Fishbites and sand fleas over the bars (March-May and again in fall), whiting year-round, redfish in the troughs after fronts. Behind the island, Santa Rosa Sound offers protected flats: trout over grass at dawn, reds along the drop-offs, and calm water whenever the Gulf churns.

The green-water calendar

Spring: pompano runs and the cobia watch. Summer: kings off the pier at dawn, trout in the sound before the heat, sharks after dark. Fall: the Spanish and bull red blitzes as bait pours west along the beach. Winter: sheepshead on the pilings and quiet surf whiting. The water's clarity makes light leaders and long casts the local edge.

Navarre without a boat

This is one of Florida's best boatless fisheries: pier, surf, and wadeable sound within a mile. Kayakers launch into the sound for trout or shoot the pass area toward deeper structure. It stays smaller and slower than Destin or Pensacola Beach: that is the point.

Common questions

When is cobia season at Navarre Pier?

The sight-fishing run peaks late March-April as fish cruise west along the bar: the pier's height makes it a spotting tower. Bring a heavy spinning rod rigged and ready: shots come fast.

Is Navarre good for family fishing?

Ideal: pier rail action (Spanish, hardtails) for the kids, calm sound flats for waders, and pompano surf sessions measured in snack breaks. Less traffic than any comparable Panhandle town.

Is fishing good at Navarre right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Pensacola21 miDestin22 miEscambia River27 miChoctawhatchee Bay32 miGulf Shores51 miPanama City Beach65 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Tide predictions
NOAA CO-OPS 8729678 β€” Navarre Beach
Harmonic predictions, datum MLLW, local time. 8 high and low events returned for today and the next two days. A prediction, not a measured water level: wind and surge move the real thing.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 30.4010, -86.8630 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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