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

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

12 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • TX - Lighthouse Lakes Trail (SH 361) · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Lighthouse Lakes / Redfish Bay - ATLAS #1 · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

16 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • East Matagorda Bay - THE DRIFT BAY · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Colorado River delta · 7.9river delta on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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