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

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.5OF 10

Today

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the same harbor throats as they dump.

9 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 7.8channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · 0% rain · incoming

+0.19 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief