On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SSE · 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

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

4 mph WSW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief