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

6.6OF 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 SSE · 10% rain · outgoing

+0.22 ft

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

Where

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

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.1OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

11 mph NE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 5.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief