On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

7 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief