On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, June 29. 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.

8 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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

5 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief