On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief