On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

9 mph SSE · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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