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

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

+0.21 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

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.
Open the Matagorda brief