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

4.3OF 10

Today

high

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

5 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.21 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief