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

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.26 ft

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

Where

  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Key West oceanside wrecks · 4.6wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

3 mph WSW · 2% rain · incoming

+0.15 ft

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

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.6structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief