On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

4 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.4OF 10

Day

low

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.

19 mph SE · 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