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

7.9OF 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.

3 mph ESE · 0% rain · incoming

+0.19 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.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

2 mph SSE · 4% rain · incoming

-0.34 ft

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief