On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — hold for the next push around the granitic islands.

13 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