On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.3wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief