On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief