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

high

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

12 mph SSE · 4% rain · outgoing

+0.42 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.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.0OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.4channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief