On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.9hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief