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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

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

3 mph S · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.7pass jetty 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

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · rain · incoming

+0.21 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief