On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

6 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief