On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

8 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

5 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.2creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief