On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

17 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

31 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief