On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

17 mph ENE · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief