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

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.1OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph ESE · rain · incoming

+0.21 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief