On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

4 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.0creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief