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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.28 ft

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

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief