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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph ESE · incoming

+0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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