On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. 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 are the hunt — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSE · 9% rain · incoming

+0.26 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.3structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph ENE · 16% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief