On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief