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

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

3 mph W · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.24 ft

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

Where

  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Key West oceanside wrecks · 4.6wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief