On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

3.8OF 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 SSE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.23 ft

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

Where

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

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

5 mph N · thunderstorms · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief