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

6.0OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

10 mph E · 11% rain · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SSE · 11% rain · outgoing

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.6channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief