On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. 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.

20 mph SE · 4% 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief