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 · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

8.3OF 10

Today

high

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

10 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

+0.68 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.8channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

11 mph S · 3% rain · outgoing

-0.16 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief