On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 22. 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 — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

17 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief