On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

3 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief