On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · 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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief