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

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

5.2OF 10

Today

medium

Sailfish are in the mix — the same edge as it dumps; troll along it, never across.

10 mph ENE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief

    Right desk

    florida · Biscayne

    Miami / Biscayne Bay

    6.8OF 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.

    8 mph E · 7% rain · incoming

    +0.19 ft

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

    Where

    • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Biscayne brief