On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.4OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

12 mph ESE · 9% rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.15 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.8structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief