On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 8.3hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief