On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief