On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

5 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston Island SP - Carancahua Cove trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push around the granitic islands. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Mahé brief