On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 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

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

11 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief