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

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph E · 14% rain · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph S · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.24 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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