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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph SSW · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.32 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

13 mph ENE · 20% rain · incoming

+0.61 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief