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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Red snapper are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph NW · outgoing

+0.02 ft

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

Where

  • Flower Garden Banks · 10.0blue water on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

6.2OF 10

Today

medium

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — mid-bay shell and the channel until current starts. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

No wind reading · low slack

-0.05 ft

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

Where

    Open the Matagorda brief