On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

8 mph ESE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.6structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

11 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief