On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.1creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.6OF 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.

23 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief