On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SSW · 1% rain · incoming

-0.17 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.8OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief