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

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.4OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

10 mph N · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.42 ft

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.2pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

13 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief