On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.0wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

5 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief