On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

4 mph NE · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief