On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph NW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.6wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 4.1grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

5 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief