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

3.5OF 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

+0.33 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief

    Right desk

    bahamas · Andros

    Andros

    6.0OF 10

    Today

    medium

    Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

    10 mph E · 8% rain · incoming

    Where

    • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Andros brief