On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief