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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 4.3wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon 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