On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph ESE · 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

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

7 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief