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 · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.9OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

+0.39 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief