On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief