On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

3 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.4OF 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.

19 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief