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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.8OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

3 mph N · 41% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

3 mph W · 2% rain · incoming

+0.14 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.6structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief