On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — walk the wash or run the banks.

7 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief