On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

3 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

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