On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

16 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief