On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.1creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

11 mph NW · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief