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

8.3OF 10

Today

high

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

4 mph WNW · 2% rain · outgoing

+0.26 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 ft

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

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief