On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

6 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief