Cadiz Atlantic fishing forecast

Trending up — 4 points above this spot’s 7-day average

Score confidence ±7 points, from 7 live signals

The statistical model disagrees with the physics model here today — treat this score with extra caution.

9 days tracked at this exact location

Best recent day: 2026-07-30, 77/100

8 day(s) at 70+ in the tracked period

All species combined

• maximum 5 kg total per day — FIVE KILOGRAMS LIVE WEIGHT PER LICENCE PER DAY — or four kilograms gutted — with the weight of ONE piece excluded from the calculation whatever modality you fish. If you have caught only fish you may hold one piece over the cap; if you have caught ONLY CEPHALOPODS the cap is instead SIX PIECES per licence per day. With more than five licences aboard one vessel the whole boat is capped at 25 kg per day, again excluding one piece. Species under differentiated protection follow the State cap. The cap is per DAY however long you fish, and every licence holder whose catch is aboard, on the quay or in the vehicle must be present. GEAR: up to six hooks distributed over two rods per licence from shore, or six hooks over a maximum of two rods or handlines from a boat; jigs and double and treble hooks count as ONE hook each, and each artificial lure counts as one hook. MARKING: every capture must be marked immediately with a cut removing part of the lower lobe of the caudal fin, or, for squid and cuttlefish, by cutting off one fin; species with venomous fin rays are exempt. Catches must be landed whole or merely gutted and scaled, NEVER beheaded. DECLARATION: the Anexo III target species must be declared before the end of the calendar day on which the session ended, through the Junta app or the Registro Electrónico Único — this is an ANDALUSIAN obligation and is separate from, and earlier in the day than, the national PescaREC 24-hour rule. TIMES: surface fishing at any hour on any day of the year; spearfishing daylight only, sunrise to sunset, and never in ports, docks, anchorages, navigation channels or shipping lanes. DISTANCES: recreational boats must keep 300 m from professional vessels under 12 m, 926 m from those over 12 m, 500 m from tuna rod-and-line boats, 148 m from set professional gear, 200 m from aquaculture perimeters, 250 m from bathing zones and from shore or spear anglers' marker buoys, and 30 m from each other; spearfishers must keep 250 m from people on beaches, bathing or busy areas, port areas and navigation channels, and 250 m from professional gear and vessels and from aquaculture installations, and must be marked at all times by a red or orange buoy flying the "Alfa" flag. PROHIBITED PRACTICES include selling the catch, transferring catches between licence holders, artificial lights other than a hand torch for spearfishing, DRONES, torpedoes and kites for placing bait, powered reels or haulers unless the licence holder has a recognised disability, and killing a capture for any purpose other than eating it.

Licensing:

• saltwater-recreational — residents Licencia de pesca marítima recreativa en aguas interiores expedida por la Consejería competente, personal e intransferible, válida en papel o en formato digital y de obligada tenencia y exhibición durante la actividad. Edad mínima 14 años. Se solicita en el Registro Electrónico Único de la Administración de la Junta de Andalucía. No pueden obtenerla ni renovarla quienes hayan sido sancionados con inhabilitación, suspensión, retirada o no renovación de licencia mientras dure la sanción. Las embarcaciones de las listas 6ª y 7ª desde las que se pesque deben estar inscritas en la «lista de embarcaciones dedicadas a la pesca marítima recreativa», mediante comunicación anual a la Consejería., non-residents Same regional licence. The decree expressly contemplates fishing from vessels flagged in another EU Member State. Note the asymmetry with the other two packs: Catalonia recognises Andalusian licences only for its own Mediterranean fishing ground and not at all for EU-issued licences, while Galicia recognises State, EU and other-comunidad licences without restriction. Species under differentiated protection (Anexo II of Real Decreto 347/2011, e.g. bluefin tuna) additionally require the State authorisation, valid at the moment of capture and carried during the activity.
• freshwater-recreational — residents Licencia de pesca continental de Andalucía, exigida por la Ley 8/2003, de 28 de octubre, de la Flora y la Fauna Silvestres de Andalucía, más el permiso del coto cuando se pesque en coto. FishRadar no publica aquí las tarifas: no se consultaron en una página oficial en esta sesión., non-residents Same continental licence requirement. Andalucía shares trout waters with Castilla-La Mancha (río Zumeta and several cotos), where the open season differs — 1 April to 30 September on the free stretch of the Zumeta against 1 May to 15 October generally.
• saltwater-recreational — residents Licencia de pesca marítima de recreo expedida por la comunidad autónoma del litoral (o Ceuta/Melilla). DOS OBLIGACIONES ESTATALES SUCESIVAS EN 2026, y la segunda es la que se pasa por alto: (1) desde el 10 de enero de 2026, en aplicación del Reglamento (UE) 2023/2842, hay que estar REGISTRADO y notificar las capturas por vía electrónica; (2) desde el 20 de marzo de 2026, el Real Decreto 214/2026, de 18 de marzo, obliga a COMUNICAR DIARIAMENTE todas las capturas a través de la aplicación PescaREC del MAPA. La declaración debe hacerse dentro de las 24 horas siguientes a la finalización de la actividad, y si en un mismo día se realizan varias actividades de pesca no continuadas hay que declarar cada una POR SEPARADO. La obligación cubre las capturas retenidas, las capturadas y liberadas y también la jornada sin capturas. Son de declaración obligatoria las especies del Anexo II del Real Decreto 347/2011 y las que añade el Real Decreto 214/2026; el resto es declaración voluntaria. Para las especies del Anexo II (protección diferenciada, p. ej. atún rojo) hace falta además una autorización específica del Estado. Andalucía exige adicionalmente declarar sus especies objetivo antes del final del día natural, un plazo más corto que el estatal., non-residents Non-residents need the same regional recreational licence, the same registration from 10 January 2026 and the same DAILY PescaREC declaration from 20 March 2026 — within 24 hours of the end of each session, separately for each non-continuous session, and including released fish and blank sessions. Anexo II species additionally require a state authorisation issued to the vessel owner. Note that a licence issued by one autonomous community is not necessarily valid in another: since Ley 5/2023 recognition follows the fishing ground (calador), so an Atlantic licence does not cover the Mediterranean coast and vice versa, and Catalonia does not recognise EU-issued licences at all.

Andalucía sets almost no minimum sizes of its own at sea: Decreto 205/2023 imports them from EU Regulation 2019/1241, and they differ between the Gulf of Cádiz ground (ICES IXa) and the Mediterranean ground (GFCM GSA-1 and GSA-2). Where the two differ FishRadar shows the stricter figure. What Andalucía does set is a prohibited-species list that catches visitors out: OCTOPUS, all crustaceans, all bivalves, sea urchins, John Dory and swordfish may not be taken at all, and only squid and cuttlefish survive among the molluscs. Bluefin tuna may not be retained anywhere in Spain. Every capture must be marked immediately by cutting part of the lower lobe of the tail fin and landed whole or gutted, never beheaded, and the target species of Anexo III must be declared before the end of the day. The cap is 5 kg live weight per licence per day, or six pieces if you have caught only cephalopods. In fresh water only a fixed list of species may be fished, trout and barbel are catch-and-release only, and tench may not be fished at all. Always verify with the Junta de Andalucía before you fish.