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

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 4.3grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief