On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push around the granitic islands.

17 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief