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

5.1OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Islamorada Hump · 7.2blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SSE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.32 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief