On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — walk the wash or run the banks.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief