On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

11 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.6creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief