On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

9 mph ESE · 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

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same island edges as they fall.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the La Paz brief