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

3.9OF 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

    Open the Islamorada brief

    Right desk

    florida · Marathon

    Middle Keys / Marathon

    4.2OF 10

    Today

    high

    Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. 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

    • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Marathon brief