On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 3. 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 — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

10 mph SE · 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

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief