On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

5 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief