On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief