On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

3 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief