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

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 mph WSW · 3% rain · high slack

-0.02 ft

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief