On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph ESE · 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

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief