On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, November 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

4 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief