Acklins Island WEATHER

Acklins Island is at the southeastern end of the Bahamian chain of islands and cays. It sits at 23 degrees north latitude, just below the Tropic of Cancer. The weather in the Bahamas can be changeable, with fronts coming and going year round. The majority of the rain is usually late spring and summer. The strongest winds are usually in the spring. August and September are very warm and also mark the hurricane season. For those reasons the Lodge is closed then.

In general the winter months are mild, and because of the distance, unaffected by continental U.S. winter weather. Winter temperatures are usually mid-70's to mid-80's with relatively little precipitation. The spring has rising air and water temperatures, increasing wind, and an increasing chance of rain. The fall has air and water temperatures cooling from the summer (closed) period of the mid-90's back to the mid-70's to mid-80's and precipitation diminishing.

Acklins' bonefish, permit, and tarpon are resident fish. They are on the flats feeding year round. The fishing is generally more affected by tide, moon phase, and weather than it is by season. We've had a week of fabulous weather and fishing in January, and a week of rain and high winds in April..that's fishing. We encourage anglers to come when they can. Learn to cast in the wind. Bring a rain jacket and hope you don't have to use it..the same advice you would get chasing steelhead in British Columbia, salmon in Russia, or trout in New Zealand.