On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

7 mph ESE · incoming

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief