On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 4.3grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph SSE · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief