On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

10 mph WSW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief