On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.3wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

16 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief