On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief