Best time to fish in Uvita
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (CST) · Puntarenas, Costa Rica Today, Wed, Oct 28 · CST- High tides
- 3:16 am and 3:46 pm
- Major periods
- 12:11–2:11 am and 12:43–2:43 pm
- Solunar activity
- Medium
- Sun
- 5:24 am–5:13 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in Uvita is 9:30 am to 10:40 am, with the 9:36 am low tide, a light onshore breeze and some swell. It's an average day (6/10). The best day this week is Thursday, October 29, at 7/10.
Your day in Uvita at a glance
The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.
Fishing forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best times | High tides | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 6average day | 9:30–10:40 am2:50–3:30 pm | ▲ 3:16 am ▲ 3:46 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Thu 29 | 7good day | 4:40–5:30 pm9:20–11:20 am | ▲ 4:01 am ▲ 4:33 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Fri 30 | 7good day | 4:20–5:30 pm5:00–5:50 am | ▲ 4:49 am ▲ 5:23 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sat 31 | 7good day | 4:40–5:50 am4:40–5:50 pm | ▲ 5:41 am ▲ 6:19 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sun 1 | 7good day | 5:40–6:20 am4:50–5:30 pm | ▲ 6:40 am ▲ 7:22 pm | Last quarter |
| Mon 2 | 6average day | 5:10–5:50 am6:50–8:50 am | ▲ 7:46 am ▲ 8:30 pm | Waning crescent |
| Tue 3 | 3fair day | 6:00–9:00 am2:10–4:10 pm | ▲ 8:58 am ▲ 9:40 pm | Waning crescent |
Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.
What can you catch in Uvita?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Uvita: bluefin trevally, mahi-mahi and bull shark.
- Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus · fish · 14 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Mahi-mahi Coryphaena hippurus · fish · 3 records Photo: Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas · shark · 3 records Photo: Pterantula · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
There are too few sightings here to tell in which months each species is seen most.
These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.
Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from
Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.
How we work out the best time
We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:
- Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
- Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
- Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
- Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
- Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
- Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.
Today: best window 2.4 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather adds 1.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.
Learn more
Fishing rules in Uvita
Licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons are set by the authorities and change often. We don't copy them here: check the official website before you go.
Questions about fishing in Uvita
What's the best time to fish in Uvita today?
9:30 am to 10:40 am, with the 9:36 am low tide, a light onshore breeze and some swell. Also 2:50 pm to 3:30 pm and 12:40 pm to 1:50 pm. Today's rating: 6/10 (average day).
What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Uvita?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 4:40 pm to 5:30 pm, with a rating of 7/10.
Which day this week is best for fishing in Uvita?
Thursday, October 29, at 7/10. Its best window is 4:40 pm to 5:30 pm.
What can you catch in Uvita?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Uvita: bluefin trevally, mahi-mahi and bull shark. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.
When are the solunar periods in Uvita today?
Major: 12:11–2:11 am and 12:43–2:43 pm. Minor: 7:16–8:16 am and 7:10–8:10 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.
Does the tide affect fishing in Uvita?
Yes. Today high tide is at 3:16 am and 3:46 pm and low tide at 9:36 am and 9:48 pm, with a tide coefficient of 93 (spring tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.
How is the rating worked out?
From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
Does it take the weather into account?
Yes. During today's best window: steady pressure (29.91 inHg), light onshore wind (4 mph) and some swell (3.3 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.
What are the fishing rules in Uvita?
Recreational fishing rules in Uvita (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture. They change often: check the official website before you go.
More about Uvita today
Our own calculation: tide from Bahia Uvita (NOAA), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database)