On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · 37% rain · 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief