On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

16 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
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