On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph ESE · 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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief