On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 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 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

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

3 mph W · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief