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.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.30 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

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

10 mph W · 12% rain · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief