On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

11 mph NW · outgoing

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief