On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

7 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.9OF 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 SE · incoming

Where

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