On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. 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

low

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

7 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 · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

12 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief