On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief