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

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.6OF 10

Today

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

9 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.0structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief