On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, July 9. 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 — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

6 mph NE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

13 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief