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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.7OF 10

Today

high

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

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.33 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.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge 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

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — pole the remaining water; slack here is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · 1% rain · high slack

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief