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

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

4 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief