On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

12 mph E · 32% rain · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief