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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.4OF 10

Today

medium

Snook should be the day — the same trees on the dump, then the southwest drop if the method is Offshore.

4 mph E · rain · outgoing

+0.57 ft

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

Where

  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.8mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Magueyes Island · 7.6structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief