On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

5 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

9 mph NNW · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel 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