On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

8 mph WNW · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

10 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief