On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. 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.

3 mph NE · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

16 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief