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

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

9.2OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

6 mph ESE · incoming

+0.42 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief