On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. 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

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SSE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.30 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.4OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

12 mph ESE · 9% rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief