On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

8 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief