On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — the same harbor throats as they dump.

14 mph ENE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.5wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief