On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

14 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief