On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 24. 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.

9 mph SE · 1% 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

13 mph ENE · 10% rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief