On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 27. 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

low

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

8 mph ESE · 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 · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

12 mph E · 12% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief