On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

12 mph E · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief