On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

6 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief