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

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NE · 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief