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.
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Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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