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

9.5OF 10

Today

medium

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

6 mph WNW · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Gordo Banks · 10.0blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Colorada · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

5.1OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • HUMP - Marathon West Hump · 7.2blue water on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief