On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

15 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief