On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.7OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.35 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief