On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. 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 should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph SE · 10% rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief