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

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph SE · incoming

+0.10 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief