On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.4OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · 13% rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief