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.

3 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Key West oceanside wrecks · 4.8wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Marquesas · 4.2hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.2hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SSW · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief