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 West

Lower Keys / Key West

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.36 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.9OF 10

Today

high

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

12 mph SSE · 4% rain · outgoing

+0.43 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.9pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief