On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph ENE · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

    Open the Andros brief

    Right desk

    florida · Biscayne

    Miami / Biscayne Bay

    5.8OF 10

    Today

    high

    Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    4 mph ESE · rain · incoming

    +0.22 ft

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

    Where

    • West-side mangroves · 5.8mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    Open the Biscayne brief