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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.0OF 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.

8 mph SSE · incoming

+0.11 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph S · 3% rain · outgoing

-0.25 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief