On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief