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

7.2OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph ESE · 11% rain · outgoing

+0.27 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.4OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

15 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.4channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief