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

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph W · 3% rain · high slack

-0.17 ft

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

Where

  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph.

17 mph SE · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief