On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.7OF 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 · 8.4hard 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief