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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.8OF 10

Today

high

King mackerel are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SW · 1% rain · high slack

-0.11 ft

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

Where

  • Flower Garden Banks · 10.0blue water on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

    Open the Vieques brief