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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

9 mph E · 22% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.7OF 10

Today

high

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

7 mph SSE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.08 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