On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief