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

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.10 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief