On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

3 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

9 mph WSW · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief