On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 8.3hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

12 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief