On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.1OF 10

Today

medium

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

13 mph SE · 4% rain · 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

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief