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

6.4OF 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 SE · rain · incoming

+0.21 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

5 mph SW · 9% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief