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 · Andros

Andros

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

7 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

13 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief