On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

10 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief