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

3.5OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SSE · thunderstorms · low slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 3.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSE · 13% rain · outgoing

+0.32 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.3structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief