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

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.33 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief

    Right desk

    florida · Boca Grande

    Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

    6.0OF 10

    Today

    high

    Mahi-mahi should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    5 mph SE · 10% rain · incoming

    Where

      Open the Boca Grande brief