Best time to fish in Farallón
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (EST) · Coclé, Panama Today, Wed, Oct 28 · EST- High tides
- 4:41 am and 5:12 pm
- Major periods
- 12:56–2:56 am and 1:28–3:28 pm
- Solunar activity
- Medium
- Sun
- 6:09 am–6:00 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in Farallón is 5:30 pm to 6:10 pm, with the 5:12 pm high tide, sunset and falling pressure, though with moderate wind. It's a good day (7/10). Today is the best day this week.
Your day in Farallón 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 | 7good day | 5:30–6:10 pm2:30–3:30 pm | ▲ 4:41 am ▲ 5:12 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Thu 29 | 7good day | 5:50–6:30 am5:30–6:20 pm | ▲ 5:25 am ▲ 5:57 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Fri 30 | 6average day | 5:50–6:40 am5:30–6:20 pm | ▲ 6:12 am ▲ 6:47 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sat 31 | 6average day | 5:50–6:40 am5:30–6:20 pm | ▲ 7:04 am ▲ 7:42 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sun 1 | 5average day | 5:50–6:40 am5:30–6:20 pm | ▲ 8:02 am ▲ 8:46 pm | Last quarter |
| Mon 2 | 5average day | 6:00–6:40 am2:40–4:40 pm | ▲ 9:10 am ▲ 9:58 pm | Waning crescent |
| Tue 3 | 3fair day | 5:30–6:20 pm9:30–11:30 am | ▲ 10:28 am ▲ 11:13 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 Farallón?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Farallón: gray snapper, common snook, common octopus, crevalle jack and great barracuda.
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- Common snook Centropomus undecimalis · fish · 13 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- Common octopus Octopus vulgaris · cephalopod · 10 records Photo: Comingio Merculiano (1845-1915) in Jatta Giuseppe (1860-1903) · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Crevalle jack Caranx hippos · fish · 10 records Photo: Caio Henrique G. Cutrim · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda · fish · 8 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Lane snapper Lutjanus synagris · fish · 4 records Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble… · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Tarpon Megalops atlanticus · fish · 3 records Photo: Daiju Azuma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 3.9 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 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 Farallón
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 Farallón
What's the best time to fish in Farallón today?
5:30 pm to 6:10 pm, with the 5:12 pm high tide, sunset and falling pressure, though with moderate wind. Also 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm and 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Today's rating: 7/10 (good day).
What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Farallón?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 5:50 am to 6:30 am, with a rating of 7/10.
Which day this week is best for fishing in Farallón?
Wednesday, October 28, at 7/10. Its best window is 5:30 pm to 6:10 pm.
What can you catch in Farallón?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Farallón: gray snapper, common snook, common octopus, crevalle jack and great barracuda. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.
When are the solunar periods in Farallón today?
Major: 12:56–2:56 am and 1:28–3:28 pm. Minor: 7:59–8:59 am and 7:57–8:57 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.
Does the tide affect fishing in Farallón?
Yes. Today high tide is at 4:41 am and 5:12 pm and low tide at 11:04 am and 11:21 pm, with a tide coefficient of 97 (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: falling pressure (−0.09 inHg in 24 h), moderate offshore wind (15 mph) and calm sea (1.2 ft waves). Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.
What are the fishing rules in Farallón?
Recreational fishing rules in Farallón (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama. They change often: check the official website before you go.
More about Farallón today
Our own calculation: tide from FES2022 (AVISO/CNES), 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). FES2022 Tide was produced by LEGOS, NOVELTIS and CLS, funded by CNES, and distributed by AVISO (https://doi.org/10.24400/527896/a01-2024.004), AVISO licence (https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/fileadmin/documents/data/License_Aviso.pdf). Modified by TidePlanet: constants interpolated from the nearest model cells offshore; heights above mean sea level.