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

4.0OF 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.

9 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

12 mph SSE · 4% rain · outgoing

+0.43 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.9pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.6structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief