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Cape · Florida

Dyer Point

27.21°N · 80.27°W · Cape · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Red snapper

75/100Great
Now
567 PM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMHigh slack
Tide now
Flooding0.9 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 PM · now

Time7PNOW
Score56Good
Tide0.9 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward NW
Wind4 kn SSWgusts 11 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 7 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherOvercast91% chance of rain
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Red snapper

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No limits are on file for this species here. FWC pages disagree. The snapper page lists Atlantic red snapper in state waters as open with a 20-inch minimum and 2 per person. The Atlantic red snapper season page says the 2026 season (May 22 to June 20 and three October weekends, 1 fish, no minimum size) is temporarily postponed, and Executive Order 26-16 rescinded the 2026 Atlantic red snapper order. Check with FWC before keeping one. Check with FWC before you keep one.

From FWC Atlantic Recreational Red Snapper State Management Season, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
  • Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
  • Bluefish Retention open (3 per day)
  • Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
  • Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
  • Crevalle jack Retention open
  • Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
  • Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
  • Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Gray triggerfish Retention open (10 per day)
  • Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
  • King mackerel Retention open (2 per day)
  • Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
  • Permit Retention open (2 per day)
  • Red drum Catch & release (No retention)
  • Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined))
  • Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
  • Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
  • Snook Retention open (1 per day)
  • Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (2 per day)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Red snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder

Red snapper season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder.
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Red snapper in Florida

Spot profile

Dyer Point

Depth
8-15 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonRed snapper

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Dyer Point

Dyer Point is a cape in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 8-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, common snook and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, common snook, Atlantic croaker and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for little tunny, black sea bass, Spanish mackerel and black drum. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.

Tackle & technique

Red snapper
Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
Atlantic tarpon
Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
Common snook
Snook ambush bait around mangrove shorelines, bridge and dock lights, jetties and the mouths of passes and inlets, generally in 2 to 15 feet of water. Fish moving water, especially the outgoing tide, with a live pilchard, pinfish or shrimp, or a jerkbait or soft plastic swum past the structure. In summer they spawn along beaches and inlets, and in winter they crowd into rivers, canals and deep backcountry creeks where the water stays warmer.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Jenkins Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic croaker 68

    4 kt SSWH 8:42 PM · 1.0 ftL 3:53 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Speedy Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic croaker 68

    4 kt SSWH 8:42 PM · 1.0 ftL 3:53 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Bessey Creek Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Common snook 71
    • Atlantic croaker 69

    4 kt SSWH 8:57 PM · 1.2 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.8 ft

  • Pendarvis Point

    Cape · 2.4 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Common snook 71
    • Atlantic croaker 69

    4 kt SSWH 8:57 PM · 1.2 ftL 3:51 AM · 0.8 ft

Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with FWC before you keep a fish.