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

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSE · 13% rain · outgoing

+0.32 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.3structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

15 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief