On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 5.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief