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

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

7 mph E · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 mph WSW · 3% rain · high slack

-0.02 ft

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief