On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

4 mph N · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief