On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief