On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

8 mph S · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph E · 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