On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.0wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

9 mph E · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.0creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief