On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph SE · 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.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

9 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief