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

3.7OF 10

Today

high

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

4 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.36 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief

    Right desk

    bahamas · Abaco

    Abaco

    7.4OF 10

    Today

    medium

    Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

    11 mph E · 11% rain · incoming

    Where

    • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Abaco brief