On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

8 mph E · 16% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • The Marls · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief