Single-zone SST guide

Wahoo water temperature at Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks.

  • Acanthocybium solandri
  • Pelagic
  • June: good

Typical June SST in Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks is 8084°F. Wahoo prefer 7086°F with peak activity in 7582°F.

SST threshold

Wahoo threshold gauge.

50°55°60°65°70°75°80°85°90°Peak 7582°
Outside toleranceSuboptimalGoodPeak·Dashed line = hard threshold

Year-round overlap

Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks SST × Wahoo range.

Where Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks typical monthly SST overlaps with wahoo's preferred and optimal ranges, the species is in range.

Best months

April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November

MonthZone SSTStatus
Jan6472°FFishable
Feb6470°FOutside
Mar6874°FFishable
Apr7278°FPeak
May7682°FPeak
Junnow8084°FPeak
Jul8086°FPeak
Aug8086°FPeak
Sep7884°FPeak
Oct7482°FPeak
Nov7078°FPeak
Dec6674°FFishable

Best months

May, September, October

Troll high-speed planers and Yo-Zuri Bonitas at 13–18 knots through the warm side of a temperature break. Best windows are sunrise and sunset on a moving tide. Wahoo congregate on full moons in some regions.

Verify with current SST imagery

These ranges are climatological norms. Actual SST varies year over year — get an SST satellite shot the day before you run.

Live SST imagery for Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks.

Bield: Fish overlays current NOAA CoastWatch SST onto your chartplotter view and alerts you when Texas Offshore & Flower Garden Banks hits wahoo's optimal 7582°F window.

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