On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 16. 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.

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

8 mph ESE · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief