On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph E · 14% 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

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief