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

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

16 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Same county permit, 72-hr free camping, restrooms + rinse sh · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Pass Cavallo · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.25 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief