On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

4.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

18 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 4.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 4.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief