On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

16 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief