On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 18. 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.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph ENE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.2channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief