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

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

9.4OF 10

Today

medium

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the East Cape beaches for rooster, then Gordo if the blue water is in.

1 mph NW · 10% rain · incoming

Where

  • Gordo Banks · 10.0blue water on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Colorada · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph SSE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.30 ft

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

Where

    Open the Flamingo brief