On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

6 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

7 mph SW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief