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

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

5 mph E · rain · incoming

+0.40 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

1 mph W · 9% rain · incoming

-0.20 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief