On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

13 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief