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Best score today · 7 AM · Spot
- Now
- 654 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.9 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
68Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Dimond Reef
- Depth
- 30-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · ProtectedReef · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonSpot
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 Dimond Reef
Dimond Reef is a bar in New York Harbor. Depth is 30-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads reef, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are scup, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for scup, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and red drum, and shoulder season for black sea bass, bluefish, king mackerel and weakfish. Scup peak from June through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Spanish mackerel peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Buttermilk Channel72
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Sheepshead 69
- Spot 68
8 kt ENEH 6:05 PM · 4.8 ftL 12:31 AM · 0.8 ft
- Red Hook Channel72
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Spot 71
- Sheepshead 69
8 kt ENEH 5:47 PM · 5.0 ftL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gowanus Bay72
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Spot 70
- Little tunny 69
8 kt ENEH 5:47 PM · 5.0 ftL 12:19 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gowanus Flats70
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Red drum 69
- Spanish mackerel 68
8 kt ENEH 5:47 PM · 5.0 ftL 12:19 AM · 0.7 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 NYSDEC before you keep a fish.