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

4.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.32 ft

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

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.0OF 10

Today

medium

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

3 mph W · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

    Open the East Cape brief