On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

16 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

9 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief