On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.0creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief